The Canvas Factory

Multi-residential concept highlights context, community, activation and diversity.

We were invited to participate in a competition to design The Canvas Factory, a mixed-use residential development.

 

 

In reference to the building’s previous use, the primary façade is conceived as a billowing brick canvas woven into the fabric of Mitchell Road.

Brick walls bend and fray to add depth and provide solidity and privacy to the apartments within, whilst allowing for directed views and connections to the street. Glazed bricks above the ground floor maintain the datum of the original building and fan out to expand it. Above the apartment entry an arch in relief is a playful reference to the rendered arches of the existing building and its immediate neighbour. This material character is continued in the rear lane where a more restrained form responds to the terrace typology within this part of Alexandria. A stronger vertical language and pitched roof settle the building into the lower scale context to the rear.

The Canvas Factory Gallery

Plans

Project info	Details
Team	Sam Crawford, Jarad Grice, Jordon Blanket, Justine Anderson, Mackenzie Nix, Charly Watson, Jacqui Singer, Justin Pak
Client	Undisclosed

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