Retrofit Tours: Woolwich Works x Bennetts Associates

Woolwich Works, carved out of five historic buildings, is now a cultural destination encompassing a theatre, music venue, rehearsal studios and much more.
The centre piece of the project is ‘’Building 41’’ which has an impressive performance space, external courtyard, five studios which double- up as rehearsal and performance spaces, a café, bar and river facing events space.

Bennetts Associates achieved this through identifying the uses the building could fulfill with its existing structure, instead of undertaking significant work on the building for it to accommodate a purpose it is less naturally aligned with.
Through a light retrofit Bennetts reimagined a historic building for contemporary use.