Swansea
Print Workshop @
Kings
Lane Warehouse
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Why is Kings Lane important to Swansea
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“The Panel is very supportive of this proposal, based on the clear presentation of a strong design concept to insert a new structure into the existing shell. We think it has the potential to become an exemplar project which sets new standards for design quality and the adaptation of historic buildings, and we trust that it will act as a catalyst for the generation of a new 'cultural quarter' in Swansea." Design Commission for Wales
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Kings Lane Warehouse
Swansea Print Workshop is aiming to create a regional centre of excellence for fine art printmaking by converting a Warehouse in Kings Lane, Swansea. This will provide a new home for Swansea Print Workshop to serve both artists and the wider community.
On May 20th Sarah Wigglesworth made a presentation of her design to the Design Commission for Wales. The Design Commission for Wales conducts a rigorous assessment of all aspects of the proposed plan with some of Wales’s most respected practitioners in every field. This is great news for us as an organisation and a vindication of all the time and energy it has taken.
This has been very much a grass roots project which has been built up through a long process of consultation and development with many people from South Wales giving significant support through participation of events and voluntary activity.
See more details and full report on the Design Commission for Wales
Swansea Print Workshop has conducted a Feasibility Study: to RIBA stage C to design a multi purpose community arts facility with a focus on printmaking and related activities as an integral part of a cultural cluster development in Swansea Housing Association’s Urban Village development along the High Street and Kings Lane, Swansea.
In October 2006, following a competitive bid process, Sarah Wigglesworth Architects were commissioned to undertake a Feasibility Study which would propose a design for the new home of Swansea Print Workshop and attendant community facilities on the King’s Lane site.
The envisioned building will house an ecological fine art printmaking facility, gallery and cafe, large drawing and lecture space, and a series of independent artist and residency studios to let.
Funded to date by the Arts Council of Wales
and Swansea Housing Association
