Courtyard facade at dusk
New hall
Sketch looking East
Ground floor plan
Upper floor plan
Sketch looking West
New hall looking West
Looking out through 'tree colonnade'
Yard house at noon
Section through site
Cupboards in old hall
Interior of old hall
New threshold
A community centre for East London Black Womens' Organization (ELBWO) in Newham, East London. We added a new hall to the 19th century Methodist church hall intensifying the relationships between the interiors and the courtyard. The new hall and deck amplified the typological image of a "Yard", typical of Caribbean settlements. The new hall was classed as a new building and was thus exempt from VAT. The new facade acted as a sociable threshold adding a public face to the organisation formed by people gathering.
