The adaptive reuse of Paisley Mill aims to preserve the building and the historic location while creating new architecture that will benefit the neighbourhood.

/EARTH/
1: the fragmental material composing part of the surface of the globe especially : cultivable soil.

At The Terra Place, Paisley visitors and residents experience the alchemy of earth into two products of great cultural and economic value: pottery, in reference to the artistic character of Paisley city, and cuisine.

The Terra Place, which encompasses a community garden, a greenhouse, a restaurant and pottery and cooking classrooms, seeks to combine these operations in a mutually advantageous conjunction that results, ultimately, in community synergy.

On the one hand, the community garden and greenhouse products will be the base of the Terra kitchen’s success. On the other, functional and decorative pottery produced by the community will be employed in the Terra restaurant’s interior design and landscaping.

The materials employed in this construction are old brick, rammed earth, wood (soffits, doors and windows), metal roofing, metal panel, corten steel and concrete.