Case studies
What the
sites became.
An airport terminal, a Dalston yard, a closed Shoreditch landmark, a city with its restaurants shut. Different problems, the same job each time: work out what the place could be, then open it.
Manchester Airport T2A sense of Manchester, engineered for the new Terminal 2
Great Northern Market. Six kitchens, Gooey, a central bar and 470+ covers. A market hall shaped by Manchester and built for the realities of Terminal 2.
Studio Mazaar: concept, naming, tender and creative direction
Street Feast, Dalston YardLondon’s pioneering weekly night market
Street Feast. One yard became a multi-site platform pulling more than 20,000 people a week at its peak, and the launch platform for Bao, Smokestak, Bleecker and Pizza Pilgrims.
Founded and operated by Dominic Cools-Lartigue
Shoreditch, LondonA landmark room, recast for a city in flux
The Tramshed Project. A closed Shoreditch landmark reopened mid-pandemic as a flexible home for dining, work and gathering. Reviewed by Jay Rayner in The Observer.
Studio Mazaar: concept, programming and meanwhile operation
London, lockdownA festival for a city that could not gather
The Great Feast of London. Three days of chef meals, music and cook-alongs delivered across a shut-down city, with DJ sets broadcast live on Soho Radio.
Co-founded with Bejay Mulenga