Brewery
Brassneck Brewing
Under predecessor firm, Simcic Uhrich Architecture
Location
2148 Main Street, Vancouver.
Size
600 sq m
Completed
2013
Local Collaborators and Artisans
Joe Peters
Harmony Pacific Projects
Maggie Boyd
Post Projects
Photographer
Unknown
Brassneck Brewery, a Mount Pleasant micro-brewery, is woven into an existing concrete shell space of approximately 600 square meters. The design expresses the desire to bring beer enthusiasts and the general public much closer to the beer-making process. The clients were seeking a brewery that could generate social interaction among its patrons and also between the patrons and the operators of the facility. To facilitate this, we questioned traditional spatial and operational relationships and instead began to fuse the brewing, tasting and retail spaces. This is most apparent at a central bridge area clad all in brass (the 'brassneck') where the public and the brewers literally cross paths. It was the chance encounters as much as the organized interactions that were given value through the design.
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The intervention into the existing concrete building largely comprises reclaimed materials including a large supply of weathered wood that was sourced from an old barn being demolished in Mission BC—re-assembled here with a new form. The materials are simply stacked to craft walls that weave organically through the tight grid of existing concrete columns using perspective to create gathering spaces that are intimate yet dramatic at the same time. Brassneck is a contemporary brewery interested in participating in the re-invigoration of the old Brewery Creek neighbourhood within which it sits.
