Bootstrap Charity provides affordable workspace, training and events from Printhouse in Hackney, London. Erect Architecture reconfigured the building’s communal areas and forecourt and created a legible, welcoming and spacious home for Bootstrap Gallery, various retail outlets and the many micro-businesses which call Printhouse their home. The interior was stripped back to expose original features and a new rough sawn oak counter acts as an entrance centre piece to the building. Rear entrances are secured with new gates and feature CNC-cut patterns, generated from the historic building signage. The project was the first of many transforming this part of London into a buzzing hub of street life.