Parallel Architecture
The bouldering hall with its mats and walls

The Climbing Academy

Barrow Road, Bristol
Location
Barrow Road, Bristol
Sector
Leisure
Status
Complete, phased to 2025
Services
Architectural design, construction information
Collaborators
Shape Studio, principal designer and principal contractor

A phased, whole building redevelopment of The Climbing Academy's flagship Mothership centre on Barrow Road. A new glulam mezzanine reorganises how the building works, wrapping reception, cafe, shop and events space into the climbing hall, with changing rooms, offices and a lower ground gym following in later phases.

Parallel provided architectural design and construction information across the phases, working with Shape Studio as principal designer and principal contractor, down to joinery with climbing shoe storage built into the new staircase.

The Mothership graphic across the climbing wallA climber on the orange and white bouldering wall
Climbing volumes and holds on the new wallsA climber moving across the wall
A climber on the overhanging wallThe climbing walls in useThe bouldering hall