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NEW LEVELS


The project introduced two new levels including a ‘floating’ mezzanine at level three


facade is a triangular pediment with a tiny window, ornamented in the Baroque style with further large Venetian windows to the side elevations.


Following its fallow period, the Generator Building briefly re-opened as a brewery as well as being repurposed as offices during the 1980s. To serve these varied functions, the internal arrangement has seen significant alterations over the years. Initially a four-level building with two floors and a basement level, its evolution over the years included the insertion of two additional floors, plus infilling areas at upper levels to provide complete office floor plates. A further floor was later added between the original first and second floor.


While it has periodically been in use for short periods, the building has also seen long stretches of dormancy. “Very little development has been produced


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based on how the space could be used efficiently, ” explains Zoe Bailey, associate at MoreySmith. Cubex, the developer who acquired the Finzels Reach site in 2013, has collaborated with The Bush Consultancy on several of the projects within the development. Including the design of Castle Bridge over Bristol’s famous floating harbour from Finzels Reach to Castle Park, the Premier Inn, and Aurora (a 100,000 ft2 BREEAM Outstanding office building).


Cubex approached Bush again for an extension and internal alteration of the Generator Building for a speculative development, and in 2018 obtained planning. But in 2019, developers Castleforge Partners bought the building with a view to adapting the consented scheme and creating a unique coworking space for their Clockwise brand.


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