PROJECT / 001
Meridian Yard
A former industrial courtyard transformed into work studios.
Reference plate — Meridian Yard
- Location
- East London
- Year
- 2025 · Completed
- Discipline
- Adaptive reuse
- Delivery
- Design & build
The brief
A tired courtyard of brick sheds needed to become a cluster of small studios without losing the character of the yard that gave it a name.
Our approach
We kept the brick shells and the cobbled yard, stripped back later additions, and inserted a lightweight steel mezzanine so each unit could gain a second level without new foundations.
The result
A set of day-lit studios around a shared yard that still reads as the working place it used to be.
Scope
- Structural survey and selective demolition
- Steel mezzanine insertion
- Roof repair and rooflights
- Shared yard resurfacing
Constraints
- Retained brick walls of variable condition
- Narrow vehicle access to the yard
- Neighbouring occupied units
Close-up — material study
Work in progress — reference