Northwich Vision Cultural Centre

Cheshire, England

Clients Northwich Regeneration Partnership, RIBA

Buildings · Culture & Leisure

Suspended above a public terrace, the interwoven volumes of this building form a permeable, walkable structure. Responding to flood risk and historic context, the building combines a robust concrete base with crystalline, translucent upper forms. Passive energy systems shape its architecture, creating an expressive and sustainable civic landmark.

Site plan showing two rectangular buildings with surrounding pathways and roads, designed with an emphasis on spatial organization. Architecture by MOXON Architects.

Modern abstract building with large, white cubic forms and dark contrasting blocks, architecture by MOXON Architects.

Modern building with angular concrete forms and outdoor space, situated near water, architecture by MOXON Architects.

The building provides a series of dramatic public spaces and multi-functional volumes. This is permeable architecture, with a fluid arrangement of spaces and a ground plane that is open to the public, forming a large city ‘room’ sheltered by the elevated volumes above it. The site is carved into a public terrace, leveled off in areas to provide seating areas and space for performances.

Floor plan layout of a theater with seating arranged in a semi-circular pattern, backstage areas, and technical spaces, architecture by MOXON Architects.

The spatial organisation draws visitors upwards from the street into an immersive cultural environment. Circulation routes enjoy the most dramatic spatial moments in the building, occupying fissures in the architecture that also provide opportunities for art and exhibitions of different scales and permanence.