Making room for work

Mettle Work

50 Lorong 17 Geylang

mettlework.co

WITH its endless rows of rooms constructed from wooden planks, Mettle Work is not your typical co-working space. But that is precisely what makes it so unusual, coupled with the fact that it's right in the heart of Geylang, alongside streetwalkers and durian stalls and on top of a metal factory.

Mettle Work is the latest co-working space started by Daniel Tay, who also runs other co-working spaces such as SmartSpace at Waterloo Street, Space at 8 at Joo Chiat and Club 71 at Ayer Rajah Crescent, under cowork@SG.

But what makes his latest venture different is not only the set up but also the types of users the space attracts.

"Mettlework is catered for makers, craft folks, industrial designers and artists specifically due to the nature of the space and it is in an affordable and accessi…