Scrace + Architects and See Space Differently CIC are creating a new workspace and studio. A place where art, architecture and community come together. Due to arrive this October Scrace + Architects is moving to 65 New Street, creating a new studio and workspace for the practice, alongside a basecamp for See Space Differently, a creative movement and community interest company connecting people, ideas, places, and opportunities.
The new studio workspace is a pilot , a visible presence and the first physical base for See Space Differently and its partners. The move builds on eight years of Scrace + Architects, the success of IGNITE and support of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and CIC partners.
“See Space Differently is really about recognising what is already here,” says Tim Scrace. “Salisbury has an incredible amount of creative talent, ideas, and energy. IGNITE showed what happens when you bring people together. See Space Differently is the next step in connecting people, opportunities, property and places and giving ideas and projects somewhere to develop.”
65 New Street is a pilot. The first step towards something bigger.
The new space will provide a studio and workspace alongside a place to meet, collaborate, exhibit, make and develop ideas. It will also provide a visible high street presence for See Space Differently and a base from which to develop events, workshops, exhibitions, and pop-up activity across the city.
For Scrace + Architects, the new studio creates a more visible and accessible place to talk about property, architecture and what might be possible.
The practice works with homeowners, property owners, landowners, businesses, and stakeholders to explore what might be possible with a building, site, or piece of property, from early ideas and feasibility through to planning and design.
“We’ve always been interested in what makes a place work,” says Tim. “Architecture is obviously about buildings, but it’s also about what those buildings contribute to their surroundings, how people use them, how they connect to the street and what opportunities they create.
“We want to look at Salisbury differently. There are underused buildings, empty spaces, talented people, businesses, and organisations with ambitions. The opportunity is in connecting those things.” That thinking sits at the heart of both Scrace + Architects and See Space Differently.
Scrace + Architects brings architectural, property and development expertise. See Space Differently CIC brings together creative people, community, knowledge, and opportunities. At 65 New Street, the two can intersect.
The ambition is deliberately bigger than the space itself.
The pilot will explore what can happen when creative people have somewhere visible to work, meet and collaborate, when property owners can access architectural thinking early, and when ideas have a route towards becoming real projects.
“We’re not pretending this is the finished product,” says Tim. “We’re starting small, proving the idea, and seeing what develops. If we can create a place where people want to come, where businesses want to collaborate and where creative ideas turn into real projects, then we can build from there.”
People. Property. Place.
65 New Street is the beginning of the next chapter.
Get involved
Whether you’re a creative looking for somewhere to work, a property owner with an idea, a business looking to collaborate, or simply interested in what is happening in Salisbury, get in touch.
Visit the new studio, follow See Space Differently, or talk to Scrace + Architects about your next idea.