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11, James Morrison Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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GRAStudio
11, James Morrison Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Originally bought by Nicholas Groves-Raines and Kristin Hannesdottir
in the 1980's the basement at 11 James Morrison Street was a disused
part of a category B-listed city centre tenement block in the Tron area
of Glasgow. The flats above were developed and sold but the basement
lay disused for over twenty years until GRAS, the Glasgow based design
branch of the company was formed in October 2006. GRAS took occupancy
in the small ground floor shop and began work developing the space
beneath them. For four months GRAS acted as tenants, architects,
clients, project managers and often labourers, allowing them to view
the project in detail from a number of different viewpoints. Great
efforts were made to maximise the available floor area and ceiling
height while trying to retain as much of the space's dramatic
character. The unassuming shop front entry at 11 James Morrison Street
leads through the reception areas, at the rear of which an industrial
mesh stairwell, lit from below leads down to the lower ground level
studio space where five backlit sandstone columns stand complimented by
clean white walls and a slate grey floor. The floor steps down from
here to a sequence of double height studio spaces centred on large brick
buttresses, lit by a full height glazed door to the commonly owned
garden at the rear of the building. The resulting space is
unexpected by the visitor and full of hints of Glasgow's history, from
the hand made brick walls to the remnants of Glasgow's historic street
frontages now hidden far below ground level. GRAS now occupy the lower
half of the studio space.
in the 1980's the basement at 11 James Morrison Street was a disused
part of a category B-listed city centre tenement block in the Tron area
of Glasgow. The flats above were developed and sold but the basement
lay disused for over twenty years until GRAS, the Glasgow based design
branch of the company was formed in October 2006. GRAS took occupancy
in the small ground floor shop and began work developing the space
beneath them. For four months GRAS acted as tenants, architects,
clients, project managers and often labourers, allowing them to view
the project in detail from a number of different viewpoints. Great
efforts were made to maximise the available floor area and ceiling
height while trying to retain as much of the space's dramatic
character. The unassuming shop front entry at 11 James Morrison Street
leads through the reception areas, at the rear of which an industrial
mesh stairwell, lit from below leads down to the lower ground level
studio space where five backlit sandstone columns stand complimented by
clean white walls and a slate grey floor. The floor steps down from
here to a sequence of double height studio spaces centred on large brick
buttresses, lit by a full height glazed door to the commonly owned
garden at the rear of the building. The resulting space is
unexpected by the visitor and full of hints of Glasgow's history, from
the hand made brick walls to the remnants of Glasgow's historic street
frontages now hidden far below ground level. GRAS now occupy the lower
half of the studio space.
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