Studio and workspace, 65 New Street, is offering a place where art, architecture and community can come together in Salisbury. Picture: Scrace + Architects

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Art, architecture and community to come together at new Salisbury studio

Jamie JonesSeptember 24, 20260 Comment0

A NEW studio and workspace is offering a place where art, architecture and community can come together in Salisbury.

Opening in October, the venue is the result of a collaboration between Scrace + Architects and See Space Differently CIC.

As well as a base for Scrace + Architects, the development will also house See Space Differently, a creative movement and Community Interest Company which aims to connect people, ideas, places and opportunities.

The new studio, at 65 New Street, builds on eight years of Scrace + Architects, the success of IGNITE and support from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and project partners.

The studio is a pilot and the first physical base for See Space Differently CIC and its growing network.

Studio and workspace, 65 New Street, is offering a place where art, architecture and community can come together in Salisbury. Picture: Scrace + Architects

“See Space Differently is really about recognising what is already here,” said Tim Scrace, founder of See Space Differently CIC and Scrace + Architects.

“Salisbury has an incredible amount of creative talent, ideas and energy. IGNITE showed what happens when you bring people together. See Space Differently is the next step in connecting people, opportunities, property and places and giving ideas and projects somewhere to develop.”

65 New Street studio and workspace

Tim said the idea behind 65 New Street was bigger than the space itself.

“We want everyone to look at places differently,” Tim said. “Where empty spaces, old buildings and difficult sites can be seen as problems, we see potential.

“Our role is to find creative ways to unlock them, bring them back into use and create something that works for the people, the property and the place.”

He said the space would link common threads of the architects and the CIC, bringing ideas together.

“We’ve always been interested in what makes a place work,” Tim added. “Architecture is obviously about buildings, but it’s also about what those buildings contribute to their surroundings, how people use them, how they connect to the street and what opportunities they create.”

Studio and workspace, 65 New Street, is offering a place where art, architecture and community can come together in Salisbury. Picture: Scrace + Architects

Public art, architecture and creative collaboration are set to “activate community and agency, creating routes from big ideas to meaningful change”, the groups said.

The new base will provide a place to meet, collaborate, exhibit and build ideas, alongside a visible high street presence and a platform for events, workshops, exhibitions and pop-up activity across the city.

“We’re not pretending this is the finished product,” Tim said. “We’re starting small, proving the idea and seeing what develops. If we can create a place where people want to come, where businesses want to collaborate and where creative ideas turn into real projects, then we can build from there.”