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Imagine a place where you can pay your council tax and buy a cinema ticket at the same time.
That place is the Junction, in Goole. It’s a single building housing an auditorium, foyer, café, performance workshop along with Goole Town Council’s offices and council chamber. Art, commerce, and a civic centre - all under one roof.
The Junction has risen from the structural bones and foundation slab of a market shed. Its design took the original shed as a vessel, part filling it with a new lightweight steel and timber-framed structure. It’s a building within a building. The 170-seat auditorium is a focal point inside, while outside a brim creates space to pause and shelter, or for traders to pitch a stall.
The building’s position makes it a physical link between the historic high street and a modern shopping centre. This creative reinvention of an existing space – allowing art to flow through daily life – has made it a focal point for the community.
"This little gem combines an arts centre and local authority offices in an exceptionally compact building."