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The Lux A legacy of the artistic colony that was born out of the early nineties looms over Hoxton in form of the cluster of galleries that can be found with in Shoreditch and Hoxton. With the provocateurs of the movement having long moved out, what remains is perhaps a commodity; an offering to the public through the exhibitions of art work. Yet, the correlation of galleries to studios do not match up - there is little on offer for the artists themselves. What this design proposes is fundamentally giving back studio space to work in - the artists face in the current climate a shortage of affordable working environments to which there is the added problem that to what there is available, the conditions would appear to be somewhat uninspiring and not best suited to enhance the creative mindset, however much they may advocate independence. X 2-4 Lux Building, Hoxton Sq Borough of Hackney N1 6PB