community/cultural
James Ernest Franck, 1930
42 York Street, Twickenham, TW1 3BW
Patch is a pioneering neighbourhood workspace & culture venue in Twickenham. Housed in a striking Art Deco building, formerly home to the South Eastern Electricity Board, it’s a new local centre for work, cultural & community events.
Richmond
Twickenham
267
We're located at 42 York Street, just a five-minute walk from Twickenham train station. There are direct trains from Waterloo to Twickenham (approx. 25 minutes). If travelling by London Underground, the nearest stations are Richmond on the District Line and Hounslow East on Piccadilly Line. The 267 bus goes directly from Hammersmith to Twickenham (approx. 45 minutes).
42 York Street is an iconic building that you can easily recognise by its art deco clock tower and facade with motifs of light bulbs and the founders of electricity: Watt, Ohm, and Faraday. These friezes tell the story of the building’s history and also help illustrate its new purpose as a space for innovation and collaboration.
Our onsite eatery, Cafe Arora, will serve a selection of delicious Indian street-food-inspired dishes, freshly made salads, homemade sandwiches and wraps, sweet treats and specialty coffees.
What makes a great community neighbourhood? Come and have your vote in this hands-on creative activity!
We're looking for all aspiring urban planners and architects to help us build the 'dream neighbourhood'. Equipped with a whole array of creative materials, we invite everyone to craft the one thing they think every neighbourhood should have, from the traditional (like libraries, schools, and cafes) to the downright fun or futuristic.
Constructed on a large table in our glass-fronted 'Academy' studio, they'll be plenty of space for everyone to have their say.
We have lovingly restored this former Electricity Exchange building into a new space for the Twickenham community to work, discover and meet.
Our strategy for the building has three main aims:
1) Open the blocked-up high street frontage and create a visible new platform for culture and community.
2) Create publicly accessible spaces on the ground floor to support and celebrate collective learning, cultural production and exchange. Importantly, we’re aiming to partner with local education organisations to support a programme of free access to these spaces.
3) Design workspaces on the first and second floors that reflect a variety of professional stages. So if you’re a hybrid worker, solopreneur, or startup, you’ll have access to a wonderful space that reflects your working rhythm.
We believe these design goals will help us create a distinctive and inspiring space that meets the needs and desires of the Twickenham community.
