The Project Summary

We are interested in the consequences of architecture, and believe that architecture can be part of the process of change of places and societies. Accordingly, we need to ask – what will our architecture help change? Is it through the making of our building that we will help up skill people, or through the design process that we will engage with communities? Or is it through the creation of a specific resource that we will help bring about change?

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The site is located on Weston Island in Bath and we aim to develop ideas to support the vison for an Arts Quarter – a world class art centre that works locally and identifies globally. We must work with stakeholders including local artists, investors and the broader community to identify the vison for the site. In describing the story of our work, we need to be able to describe alternative narratives to what our building ‘is’. In some ways, the material ‘facts’ of a building can speak for themselves: we are interested in the what, where, why and how of architecture, in order to equip ourselves with new skills to create the contexts in which our work can make a difference.