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Architects: Maich Swift Architects
- Year: 2019
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Photographs:David Grandorge
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Manufacturers: Metsa Woods, J&C Joel, Oricalcum, WISA
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Lead Architects: Paul Maich, Ted Swift, Hallam Tucker
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Structural Engineer: AKT II, Ed Moseley, Thomas Lejeune, Edoardo Tibuzzi, Richard Parker, Gavin Sayers
Text description provided by the architects. This proposal for a small theatre draws on the changing use and cultural significance of the canalside location and presents a bold face to the Regent’s Canal. On one side the canal frontage has a flat, abstract image; the composition and arrangement of windows and stairways is a reimagination of Monsieur Hulot’s building in Jacques Tati’s Mon Oncle. On the other side open galleries overlook the rooftop and surrounds. Potemkin generally describes a false or deceptive appearance; we are interested in the way it suggests the revealing of the structure behind a lively and colourful frontage.
