Kwench | Hansenbuilt

Victoria / Canada / 2019

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KWENCH has created a new fullservice  work and culture club in Victoria, Canada for creative, ambitious thinkers and doers  who want more than co-working.


THE IDEA
Founder and Director Tessa McLoughlin formed the idea of KWENCH in 2013 with a desire to create a new kind of space in Victoria. As a newly single mom in an unfamiliar city she saw an opportunity to build a place that would support and engage not only people’s work and careers but their health and happiness. The goal was to create a multi-functional culture club, designed to promote a balance of 6 things: Knowledge, Wellness, Experiences, Novelty, Curiosity, and Connection, to create Healthy and Happy people. Now, following 2 years of construction and building a community of members in a temporary location, her and her all-female team have expanded to a space 5 times the size of their original location. The launch of KWENCH in the Old Town district of Victoria evolves and expands the traditional notion of co-working into a club based on health and connectivity.


SOMETHING DIFFERENT
The 25,000 square-foot full-service work and social club brings new life to a derelict attic space in one of Victoria’s forgotten heritage buildings. Merging two roofs together with a striking glass atrium, the new club offers members private offices from 1-28 people, shared workspaces, generous fitness facilities and classes, workshops, private and public events, lectures, art installations, meditation, a library, a bar, food and drink - all in one place. Female-founded, funded and operated, KWENCH is a bit different from the traditional co-working spaces, by offering a unique and welcoming place in the city for social interaction and valuable connections that are important to the culture of the city. Members enjoy a thoughtfully designed space that considers the health of the individual by providing services and opportunities that consider their mental and physical health, and their place in the wider community. KWENCH is also host to a range of public and private events that give voice to the Victoria creative industries as well as a forum for local government and stakeholders to discuss and shape the future of the city.


PROJECT TEAM
Client: KWENCH
Interior Designer: Hansenbuilt Design
Architect: MJM Architecture
Contractor: Bluewater Developments
Structural Engineer: Sorenson Trilogy
Photography: James Jones (unless otherwise noted)

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    KWENCH has created a new fullservice  work and culture club in Victoria, Canada for creative, ambitious thinkers and doers  who want more than co-working. THE IDEAFounder and Director Tessa McLoughlin formed the idea of KWENCH in 2013 with a desire to create a new kind of space in Victoria. As a newly single mom in an unfamiliar city she saw an opportunity to build a place that would support and engage not only people’s work and careers but their...

    Project details
    • Year 2019
    • Work finished in 2019
    • Status Completed works
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