community/cultural
Cooke Fawcett, 2023
18-22 Creekside, Deptford, SE8 3DZ
A transformative project to open up Cockpit for the benefit its makers and the local community. Our proposal for the redevelopment of Cockpit’s studio building in Deptford was supported by the Mayor of London’s Good Growth Fund and the Stride partnership. Completed in early summer 2024, the project makes Cockpit more publicly accessible and creates new workshop and studio space for makers. The project includes a new tiled public art mural - ‘Head, Heart, Hands’ by Amber Khokhar – celebrating Deptford’s diverse community
Deptford Bridge
Deptford
The tour will primarily be focused on spaces with level access, but may also offer an option of access to first floor spaces
Seats available in the main foyer at start and end of tour
Part new-build, and part retrofit, the design weaves both elements through the existing concrete frame structure, preserving the building’s modular plan and its existing 60 studios, reconfiguring spaces to create an additional five. The key architectural move is a dramatic 6m-wide opening-up of the 21m-long, 3.5m-high brick wall to the street, transforming what was previously an inaccessible, underused front yard into a new craft garden which serves as a welcoming gateway, housing a new public entrance, flexible educational spaces, a café and a revamped leatherworkers’ hub. This gives Cockpit Deptford a permanent public presence for the first time, making it more open, active, inviting and accessible.
