In London, a Rare Space Where Musicians, Artists and Curators Work Side by Side

“This building was a late 19th-century millinery. From 1996 to 2021, it housed an Arts and Crafts-era furniture showroom. We moved in in August of 2022. My dream for Young Space was that it could be a bit like Black Mountain College [the groundbreaking liberal arts college in North Carolina that operated between 1933 and 1957]; we wanted artists and businesses with collaborative practices as the other tenants. There are five recording studios in the basement. The first two went to Kwes Darko, 37, and the radio station Foundation.FM. Sampha, 35, then took a studio a month later. The other tenants came via word of mouth. Now we’re always busy with events and projects — soundtracks for fashion shows, scores for films. Early on, I wanted to hire a chef who’d be a center of gravity for our community. That’s become Maf [Mafruha Ahmed, 31, who previously worked at Dover Street Market’s Rose Bakery in London]. She’s been putting together a cooking zine with Clem MacLeod, 28, the founder of the literary magazine Worms, which they first discussed at lunch. You can’t force collaboration, but you can encourage conversation.” — Caius Pawson, 37, the founder of the indie-pop record label Young

Address: An innovative workplace at 85-87 Southgate Road, De Beauvoir.