Project overview
Located in the heart of Sheffield city centre, Kangaroo Works is the purpose-built Build to Rent residential flagship of Sheffield City Council’s regeneration masterplan, ‘Heart of the City II’. Built on the site of the original “Kangaroo Works” tool factory.
It provides 365 new 1, 2- and 3-bedroom homes over 14 storeys, supported by extensive internal and external shared amenity and ground floor commercial units.
The site’s unique potential to develop an entire city block prompted the council’s eagerness to employ a single grey-blend brick throughout, aiming to establish a cohesive yet distinct identity within Sheffield’s predominantly red brick cityscape. Michelmersh’s Synthesis S09 was utilised to provide a scope of tones across the site and to fit within the surrounding red brick buildings. Synthesis S09 also worked well with the decision to use two different mortar colours to provide a variety of aesthetics.
