The Paintworks Apartments, Shoreditch Homes, London Housing Building, Architecture Images
The Paintworks Apartments in Shoreditch
Housing Project in East London, England ? design by DROO Architects
13 Jan 2020
The Paintworks
Architects: DROO
Location: Shoreditch, East London, England, UK

DROO have completed The Paintworks, a contemporary mixed-use building over 1550m2 in Shoreditch, London. Set in a conservation area, The Paintworks is a former artists workshops and art supplies store on the corner of Kingsland Road and Falkirk Street. DROO has converted and added to the existing building to become a contemporary collection of apartments, ranging from 1 ? 3 bedrooms, and 2 office spaces. DROO has also designed the interiors, with a focus on natural light and accentuating the space, to create a perfect blank canvas for residents to enjoy city living.
From the outside, a white, custom-textured ?crumpled paper? façade envelops the minimalist structure and is a nod to the building?s history as artists workshops. Large framed box bay windows on each of the five floors bring to mind canvases and serve to flood the building with light and frame views out on to the city. The architectural language is articulated, but with modest restraint.

Materially, the façade is made of a recycled resin and concreate compound called Acantha Papyrus. DROO created the particular texture especially for this project, to be an echo of the building?s story. The material is environmentally sustai...