This was achieved through: sensitive insertion of flexible and adaptable spaces, the introduction of a café / restaurant to populate the space, and the creation of a mezzanine floor within the south aisle. This allows the nave to remain a free and open space allowing for liturgical and / or secular uses. The interventions are fully reversible and based within conservation best practice.
Ongoing repair bills were funded / supported by the building becoming more energy efficient and self sustaining through the introduction of the community focused project.
As a result of this innovative project – the first of its kind in the UK – it was awarded the RIBA Award for Innovation as an exemplary project, defining church reordering and the re-imagining of church space in the 21st Century. It is quoted, copied and visited as the definitive bench-mark in church re ordering, both in terms flexibility, design and also in terms of how a church can re-engage with its urban context and community.
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