Horfield Police Station 2007
A Bristol City Council building that had been empty for some time became home to the Artspace project in 2007 and provided a much needed administrative base for operations for the next two years. The site housed a number of studio spaces as well as communal training rooms, office spaces and roof garden.
Image: A video shooting at Horfield Police Station
The Horfield Police Station became our first stable longer term project in partnership with the city council. It housed a variety of offices and workshops as well as providing rehearsal and a small events space on the ground floor.
It came a crucial time for us when we wanted to establish the project as a workers co-operative and begin to develop the organisation to establish a working model. From this base we began to look for more creative spaces to take on, which led to the Pro Cathedral project...
Horfield Police Station gallery
Work starts
Working inside the station
Built office space
Finally all cleaned up
video shoot
Tree sale at the station
An interactive av installation