After building the benches, we decided to paint them with a Dark Oak Woodstain.

Ash shared his workshop skills with the students.
Task: benches

Group 2 came up with the cork-board display walls in combination with blackboard parts. The students presented more design solutions that would be explored by the church in a later stage. Amazing work- thank you, guys!

Group 1: Great ideas, wood and brownish colours as inspiration. The lightning installation is an easy and smart solution to the lightning problems occurring in the room.

Before building the bench, we had a design session.
1st and 2nd year did fantastic with designing the bench - key aims - practice, sturdy and beautiful.

The students had great ideas in preparation for the actual presentation.

Going back in time. The students presented their projects in front of Gareth and got some feedback on the buildability and the client's preferences. It was a success.

We started the day by splitting the students into three groups in order to develop concepts for the rehabilitation of the multipurpose room, which were later communicated through informal crits. The students had some great ideas, which will further developed during the third day, so we could be prepared to present them to Gareth on Thursday.

Our first event meeting started with introduction from Gareth. He showed us around while inspiring us with the story of the church. This was followed by Risk Assessment, room measures and some initial sketches. A great start to events 2017!

St Philips Church Visits_Meeting with Gareth #1 13.12.2017

We discussed the potential rehabilitation of a space within the church that accommodates church meetings, art meetings and mother-children groups. Gareth explained what is needed in the space and we managed to discuss the funding for the renovation. Hence, all of our design decisions will be based on cost estimating to bring understanding of construction budgeting.

We are excited for what is coming next!