Foveaux Street Offices | Candalepas Associates

The Foveaux Street Offices retain an existing 1960s and 1970s sewing factory. The six-level concrete and brick structure was stripped back to its basic structural elements retaining what was possible in the way of walls. The new structure is extended into an eight-level commercial building as the headquarters for a single tenant whose presence enriches the continuum of employment in the area.
Low floor to ceiling heights in the old building were kept but enriched with the inclusion of a large internal atrium outside the extant structures. This space was only able to be planned facing west and south and the constraint created an opportunity for a significant glass artwork by the artist Janet Laurence who required controlled sunlight.
A building earmarked for demolition is renewed into a contemporary workspace and can be imagined as useful and flexible for many years to come.