The new 86m² workshop is a lean timber and breeze-block structure with red corrugated Eternit elevations, housing a shared woodworking hub and a larger-scale rented studio, and runs on its own air-source heat pump. In the main building, we kept the original sixty studios and reconfigured underused spaces to add five more. We reclad the ground floor with a metal and glass facade, insulating the bare concrete columns, and specified oversized radiators so the building can switch to heat pumps in a later phase. We refinished the existing hardwood floors and left the concrete frame exposed inside.

A 6m opening in the brick wall turns the sealed front yard into a craft garden landscaped by Sebastian Cox, leading to the public entrance with a café and education space. Facing the street, a new tiled mural, Head, Heart, Hand by Cockpit-resident maker Amber Khokhar, celebrates Deptford's diverse community. The building hosts public programming, including the National Saturday Club for teenagers. A site once marked for demolition is secured, its craft now open to the neighbourhood.