A new art studio, gallery, theatre and café could be created at Liverpool’s Robert Cain Brewery site under new plans to transform a warehouse and yard.

The ‘Northern Lights’ project would see the Grafton Street building, which welcomes natural light in through a ‘saw-tooth roof’, provide a new performance space around the Baltic Triangle area to host outside events as well as shows and installations from artists working within the building.

Baltic Creative Managing has submitted a planning application to Liverpool City Council for the new creative hub, which the plans say would follow a similar concept to the ‘FABRIKKEN’ Factory of Art and Design in Copenhagen – a space which allows professional artists and designers to work in more than 50 studios and welcomes visitors for events such as an annual art fair.

It’s also available to rent for set designs, film shoots, events and productions requiring large spaces.

The proposed Liverpool facility, which is being designed by Hope Street-based Architectural Emporium Ltd, would incorporate open plan studio spaces on a factory floor which could be for single occupancy or artist groups sharing, and a mezzanine of private creative workspaces with features including wood-burning stoves.

The arts development would be accompanied by car and cycle parking facilities.

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