Industrious Neighbourhoods

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Home-based work is a well established and accessible working practice that offers many social and economic benefits but as an architectural category it has not previously been investigated. Despite the number of people working from home increasing year by year, the current government and local authorities policies appear unclear and contradictory in relation to social tenants setting up businesses in their homes. Design for home-based workers and their community, especially for social housing tenants, is therefore a live policy issue. The Industrious Neighbourhood is a space where home-based workers are enabled to use existing public facilities to create new self-sustaining and sociable practices by working together. The project explores a potential urban strategy to support and facilitate different home-based businesses within a housing estate in East London. The strategy includes tactical and strategical design interventions within existing local networks and resident facilities.

Transcript of Industrious Neighbourhoods

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    ProjectIndustrious Neighbourhoods

    Project byCarlotta Novella

    TutorsMelanie Dodd and Andreas Lang

    Course MA Architecture: Cities & innovation (year 2) CSM UAL

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    BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE

    RESEARCH AND TESTING

    DESIGN PROCESS

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    Mr. Rossato collection of old tools used for home-based work in the mountain villages in the province of Vicenza

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    Working from home has been for centuries the only option for many italian pae-sant in the north east of Italy. The Veneto region was for the course of the 19th and 20th centuries one of the poorest regions in the pen-insula and the necessity of getting by caused many families to rely on the earn-ings coming from agricultur-al and domestic work. Men would normally work in the fields all day, while women and children would spend the day at home taking care of the animals, the family allotments and producing good to be sold in the town market or to the other pae-sants in the neighbourhing contrade. The tools that were part of this rural domestic economy are still now collected and sometimes displayed in the contempo-rary houses as relicts of an old time labour that involved all the family.

    In the Summer of 2014 I had the possibility to visit the collection of Mr. Rossato in the contrada that shares the same name. The small but impressive collection of tools and equipment for home-based workers and producers was assembled by Mr. Rossato through 50 years of resourcing and collection. The small museum is situated on the basement of Rossatos family house and has a separate access from the outside for visitors and passers by that want to take a look. When asked why did he started collecting tools that once belonged to home-based workers, Mr. Rossato explained that the domes-tic work was an integral part of rural village society and many tools specifically made to be used to work from home can be easily resourced as many of us still conserve them at home as memorabilia of the family history.

    He described how in the past, when he was little, the work carried out from home was very much an embed-ded part of the daily life of the contrade inhabitants.

    TRADITIONAL HOME-BASED WORK

    THE ROSSATOS COLLECTION

    01 Primary personal research Visiting a collection of tools for home-based work

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    The tools collection itself is a small home-based business and requires constant attention and from time to time is in need of restoring new some new additions

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    The collection is organised by categories of home-based businesses. From service providers to producers the tools were shaped to be inte-grated with the existing archi-tecture of the house. Most of the tools were designed to be stored in specific

    spaces of the kitchen or living room and the walls and ceilings were used to hang or display the equip-ment. In some cases mechanic systems were customised to be fitted in the existing interiors (see polenta and roast grill picture below).

    Family pictures in the contrada just outside the family house and workshop

    A system for making polenta and birds roast

    Section of tools reserved to home-based barber and hairdresser

    An other view of the small collection kept in the basement of the house

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    What I found very interesting during my visit to the collection was the fact that the collection itself was a home-based business. Mr Rossato in fact restores and catalogue each item to be added to the collection and he is in the process, with the

    help of his son, of opening an online archive for people to look at the collection and learn the history behind each item. The collection is currently open on request but it will be open to a wider public in the next few years.

    Im in the field. The note left in the room where the collection is exhibited shows how dwelling and working use of the private space can constantly overlap

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    Map of the contrade of Valdagno, VI, Italy, The contrade are scattered on the mountains surrounding the valley and each one of them presents a series of self-sufficient works based at home

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    The Contrada (plural: contra-de) is a generic name given to various types of Italian city subdivisions, now unofficial. Depending on the case, a contrada will be a localit, a rione, a quartiere (terziere, etc.), a borgo, or even a suburb...In Veneto, particularly near the Alpine foothills, contr indicates a smaller hamlet in a rural area - a group of houses usually smaller than a frazione. (http://en.wikipe-dia.org/wiki/Contrada)The contrade in Veneto have always been indipendent agglomeration of hous-es clunged onto the hills, owned and inhabitated by multiple generations of the same family. The contrada and its peculiar social and built structure allowed the creation of a network of small groups of self-sufficient communities.

    The word Fil comes fromthe sentence to Make Fil, which is a common saying of the Italian Veneto region.It referres to a traditional cus-tom of rural villages families,which between Novemberand March would use oneof the barns in the village to keep themselves warm with the coziness of the animalswhile spending the evening together with their neigh-bours. Men would play cards, build and repair thetools for the fields or make baskets and brooms for domestic use. The children would play or listen to thestories narrated by theelderly. Women would spend their time knitting, chattingand weaving. Is precisely from theverb to weave, whichin Italian is filare, that derives the verb Fil. Etymologically the word Fil represent the idea of weav-ing both the yarn and theconversations.

    The Fil practice was very common in all the norther Italian regions but it was in Veneto that this form of pub-lic gathering became a char-acteristic of the urban fabric of the town. It is in Veneto in fact that, due to a territory which presents both flat land and hills, entire families in the past moved to the moun-tains and hills surrounding towns and big villages. The dislocation of these small communities from the the town centre created the necessity of a moment and a space of gathering, where people could meet to discuss family and working life in a very informal setting. The answer came under the form of Fil, a popular practice that integrated social life with working activity.

    A CLOSE NETWORK BETWEEN FAMILY AND WORK

    THE FILO AND THE CONTRADA

    01 Primary personal research The contrade network and the FILO

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    The characteristic clustered architecture of the contrade is the result of two different necessities of the rural family: 1. The need to keep the family together in order to mantain the traditions and the family name

    2. When the faily was ex-panding, the house of the son was normally buit next to the house of the father to save money in the construction as they were both sharing the same wall.

    The spaces of the house for working and living (Illustration by Guerrino Lovato 1982)

    The expansion of the family and the house (Illustration by Guerrino Lovato 1982)

    The hous is essential built around its owner (Illustration by Guerrino Lovato 1982)

    The shared facilities of the contrada (Illustration by Guerrino Lovato 1982)

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    The main reasons why peo-ple started making Fil were the weather and the territory.Before the invention of energy the nights were very cold, especially going up the steep hills around the valley.The contrade were all scat- tered around the main town,

    forming small clus- ters of five, ten houses. The Fil became the connection point between those communities that on the map were effec-tively separated by the wood and the cultivated land.

    The shared oven next to Casa Finato (Photograph by Guerrino Lovato 1982) Guglielmo pressing grapes (Photograph by Guerrino Lovato 1982)

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    The mountain villages in the Small Dolomites are now being populated again by a new generation of self managed communities which learnt to re-activate fields and old houses in order to grow food and animals and produce.

    With the restoration of the houses also the tools of the tradition and the method of cooking/building/cultivating have been preserved from the passage of time.

    The practice of Fil has being translated into a more permanent model of meeting and producing. In some case a system of Time exchange as been adopted to regulate the work and the community favours.

    The houses in the Contrada are being resoted following old rules to protect the historic value of the architectural fabric of these rural villages.

    Network of new rural communities of

    home-based producers in the

    north of Itlay.

    The drawing shows an example of the spaces in the house that in the past and now are used for activities as building, producing, cooking etc... The network of producers below the drawing shows the producers and home-based entrepreneurs that I had the possibility to meet in my visit to the Small Dolomites in October 2014 > please check The legacy of Fil at page 21 for more info

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    The mountain villages in the Small Dolomites are now being populated again by a new generation of self managed communities which learnt to re-activate fields and old houses in order to grow food and animals and produce.

    With the restoration of the houses also the tools of the tradition and the method of cooking/building/cultivating have been preserved from the passage of time.

    The practice of Fil has being translated into a more permanent model of meeting and producing. In some case a system of Time exchange as been adopted to regulate the work and the community favours.

    The houses in the Contrada are being resoted following old rules to protect the historic value of the architectural fabric of these rural villages.

    Network of new rural communities of

    home-based producers in the

    north of Itlay.

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    The Fil shares its ethos with many other social practic-es and forms of gathering around the world. Searching for more examples of these typologies of neighbourhood gathering that include labour or production as communal activity, it became clear that almost each territory has its own form of Fil. During the course of the project I felt it was necessary to start col-lecting different examples of these traditional social work meetings. Below are showed three examples of collective practices that I could identify partially through research, and partially through the three days residency of the WOW milk float in the Cross-ing at CSM (February 2015). Thanks to the residency, which was in fact related to the topic of Common Makin I had the possibility to chat with several students and members of the public, col-lecting examples of commu-nity gatherings that involve making around the world.

    Making together in the past and the present, has helped structuring the social frame of small and large com-munties. The tradition shows how the act of gathering in the same communal space to share knowledge and skills is an action that should be preserved and encour-aged. Many are the benefits of working together, from the possibility to create relation-ships and connections New forms of making and experi-mental models of communing are currently developing in the urban scale of our cities. This con-temporary culture of collec-tive manufacture is allowing many creative practitioners to set up local networks and public enterprises address-ing social, financial and sus-tainability problems through the engagement of the community in design-based activities that create work opportunities and promote sharing of interests and skills.

    MULTICULTURAL FORMS OF COLLECTIVE MAKING

    A LESSON FROM THE TRADITION

    01 Primary personal research Collective making and examples from the history

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    Julie Ballands is an artist and video-maker working in the North-East.The video uses knitting in combination with voice over to tell the story of a community in the west of Newcastle. As the knitted forms grow and unravel, the woman of the community tell the story of the town and how it has changed over the years.

    The film concerns Lombard peasant life in a cascina (farmhouse) of the late 19th century. Over the course of a year, children are born, crops are planted, animals are slaugh-tered, couples are married, stories and prayers are exchanged in the familiess shared farmhouse.In one of the scenes in the movie is visible a version of the Fil practice where the families clean the corn.

    Contemporary recreation of the traditional corn cleaning by the res-idents of the Altopiano of Vigolana in Italy.

    KNITTING TOGETHERby Julie Ballands (2010)

    THE TREE OF THE CLOGSby Ermanno Olmi (1978)

    MOMENTI FILO, SFOIO (2013)

    Stills from the short documenta-ries THE SPIRIT OF TIVAEVAE and STORIES SEWED IN QUILTS (2011)

    Program of screenings during the WOW residency in CSM (February 2015)A series of short clips from four different documentaries and film on the subject of community and tradiitonal forms of making. The program included:

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    Tivaevae or tivaivai is a form of artistic quilting traditionally done by Polynesian women. The word literally means patches, in reference to the pieces of material sewn together. The tivaevae are either made by one woman or can be created in groups of women called vainetini. The vainetini use this time together to bond, sing and catch up on village news. Tivaevae are often given on very special occasions either to important visitors, as birthday and wedding gifts or used to cover the body of a loved one who has died. They are often displayed dur-ing important events like the traditional boys hair cutting ceremonies, birthdays and weddings

    Neighbours helping neigh-bours, friends and co-opera-tion between two neighbours to perform tasks. The Auzolana system is deeply rooted in the land of the Basque countryside. The work carried out among neighbours (especially in the public areas of the village and the forest) is used to express attachment to the community. Today it is used as a synonym of cooperation.The community meets in September every year to organise what to doduring the spring period.

    The tradition of Fil is hand-ed over generation after generation and even if now is not practiced anymore the memory of this beautiful form of community making still alive, in the stories of our grandparents and the places where fil was happening.

    TIVAEVAE: Cook Islands,French Polynesia

    AUZOLANA: Basque country

    FILO

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    Michele from Tiglio e Quercia agriculture enterprise shows me the empty honeycomb that the bees constructed the previous summer

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    Throug the years many contrade have seen a slow but steady reduction of the population. This is due to the 20th century improvements in domestic life and the migration of the new genera-tions towards cities and main towns. In the last ten years though a new movement of makers and producers started re-inhabitating the contrade, creating a network of self-sufficient agricultural entrepreneurs. This new net-work of contrada producers are now not only contributing to the economical restoration of the old contrade, but they also help mobilising and reactivating the unused and abandoned infrastructures that are part of these small mountain communities. Their role is become of contempo-rary entrepreneurs combin-ing traditional and modern forms of making to carry on or re-discover traditional forms of production embed-ded in the local culture.

    The Made in Italy is a brand that Italians use to describe all those products that are the outcome of generations of expertise and traditions. But Made in Italy is not only a synonim of quality and highly skilled work. In fact, in most cases, made in Italy is also Made at Home. Most of the greatest italian prod-ucts exported abroad have a very long history of local and family traditions behind their success, and in most cases the work of the producers and makers that are still running these businesses is very much embedded within the traditions of the local community. In my visit I had the possibil-ity to meet different home-based producers in the area of Vicenza and Padua, visiting their houses and their basement, top floor or de-tached workshops.

    Some of the producers I had the possibility to meet during my visit:

    - Tiglio e Quercia Agriculture Entreprise by Michele Franceschi: honey and jams

    -Chuchinando by Tamiotto Giampaolo: production of basti and organisation of mountain trekking groups

    -Honey by Dolgan Enrico: production of honey, jam, cider, wine and orthopedic sherry bones bags.

    -Masari: well known producers of wine in the Agno Valley

    -Pellichero Andreas traditional wood tools and utensils

    -Bread and flour produc-tion by Andrea Vaccaro and Tiziana

    -Moreno Pieropans pro-duction of organic flour and bakery

    CONTEMPORARY WORK IN THE CONTRADA

    MADE IN ITALY : MADE AT HOME

    01 Primary personal research The legacy of Fil: visits to contemporary home-based producers in the North-East of Italy

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    Most of the makers visited had pasrt of their house transformed, on different grades, to be fitted with the necessary equipment for a professional production. The greatest example is Masari, the wine producers from the Agno valley, who excavated

    a cave under their garage to make space for the main wine production room. In other cases the business, if small, took over garages and basements of the houses, if big, it required the con-struction of a workshop or a storage space connected to the family home.

    Visiting the underground wine production laboratory of Masari

    < One of the maps drawn by Michele from Tiglio e Quercia to give me indications on how to find the homes of the other producers I was going to visit

    The old wine press used to produce the first 600 bottles of Masari in 2007

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    Due to restrictions applied by the Italian law towards home-based producers, most of the entrepreneurs I visited had to drastically transform their house to respect sanitary and structural requirements in order to carry on their home-based activity.

    In some cases the neces-sity of extra storage space or working space was so impellent that some produc-ers had to create all sort of makeshift solutions. From stocking the extra equipment in the unused house of the late grandmother,

    Beehives stacked in the living room of the late grandmother house

    Bathroom in the basement for equipment cleaning and storage

    The last honey of the season, very clear and pure in taste

    Kernels of apples and cherries left to dry to be reused as stuffing for pillows

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    building a fully functioning flour mill inside the garage under the house and buy-ing abandoned land to then convert in wine yards, the producers customised their houses to allow semi-pro-fessional and professional activities to take place.

    Andrea Pellichero showing me how to carve a solid block of cherry wood to make a fruit bowl.

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    Al from Building Bloqs showing us around the main workshop during the workshop Making an Impact: How makers are chaning the world (Summer 2014)

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    The open workshop in Lon-don are new public places for making, mending and learning. In the spirit of the public library, the workshops, with on-site assistance, lend resources such as wood and metal working equipment, offer space for assembly and construction and is a social space open to all.Located just outside the city centre the open workshops are easily accessible to people living and working in central London.Through the course of the year, thanks to my placement experience in public works, I had the possibility to partici-pate to few meetings of what now is called OWL: Open Workshop London. OWL is a monthly (or so) gath- ering of the people behind the workspaces across London. It was created to share ex- periences and contemplate joint actions or initiatives. Each meeting has a specific topic of communal interest that is discussed each time in one of the different work-shops that are part of the network.

    Due to the increasing number of workshops opening in London and for the particular and differ-ent services that these are providing, I thought it was necessary to create a list and map cataloging the workshop currently running in London and the various activities and machinery that they provide to the public. This research on the open workshop is collected in OWL - Open Workshops London - Networking Londons Maker Spaces. The smal publication is formed by a collection of the profiles of all the main esisting or about to exist workshops and maker spaces in central London and surroundings.The map and the connect- ed list were created to be part of the research for the R-Urban Tool Lending Li-brary, which is due to be opened in 2015, an initiative promoted by R-Urban Wick and the art and architecture studio and not for profit or-ganization public works.

    OWL: OPEN WORKSHOPS LONDON NETWORK

    02 London co-working spaces OWL: Open workshops London

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    AVERAGE MEMBERSHIP OPTIONS (includes use of the workshop benches / storage space):

    1 Day 10-301 Month 100-250 6 months 500-100012 months 1000-2500

    in many cases the price variate with the amount of hours spent in the workshop. Some open workshop are adopteding a system of credits rather then giving a standard workshop rate.

    The Camden Town Shed NW1 9XZ Opened in 2011 - still running

    The Institute of Making UCL WC1E 7JE still running

    Makerversity WC2R 1LA Opened in 2013 - still running

    Assemble & Join SE1 7AB Opened in 2012 - Temporary workshops

    The Good Life Centre SE1 0QL Opened in 2011- still running

    London Sculpture Workshop SE1 5SF Founded in 2012 - still running

    Remakery SE5 9HY Opened in 2014 - Still running

    Pangea Sculptors' Centre Opened in 2013 - still running

    South London Maker Space SE24 9AA Opened in 2012 - still running

    Lime Wharf E2 9DJ Machine Room coming soon

    Swan Wharf Workshop E3 2NQ Opened in 2014 - still running

    Sugar House Studios E15 2QQ Opened in 2012 - still running

    Rara E5 9ND Still running

    Building Bloqs N18 3QT Opened in 2010 - still running

    Create Space London HA9 6DE Opened in 2012- still running

    Blackhorse Workshop E17 6BX Opened in 2014 - still running

    Wick on Wheels and R-Urban Tool LibraryStill running and opening in 2015

    London Hackspace E2 9DY Founded in 2009 still running

    The OWL: Networking Londons Maker Spaces. A copy of the publication is provided in the Background & Research pocket.

    < Map of running open workshops in London and surroundings

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    Each page of the OWL publication includes the name of the workshop, a short description of what they do and their principles and a list of the activites and typol-ogies of work that can be carried out in the workshop.

    The map and the content of the booklet are intended to give an overall picture of which forms of workspaces are already available in London and which ones are about to be open to the public.

    Pages from the OWL booklet showing the workhops and the equipment/services that are providing

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    Minutes from 1st London workshop union meeting by Maria from assemble (23.04.2014)

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    Visiting one of the converted warehouses in Hackney Wick with the TERRA group (Summer 2014)

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    The Live-Work Communities are alternative work-orien-tated neighborhoods built aroud the flexible and af-fordable spaces of redevel-oped industrial warehouses.One example of this phe-nomenon is Hackney Wick, where this system of shared living few years ago helped many artist and makers to rent economic rooms and shared working space, all in the same building. Although their exceptional adaptability qualities and the diversity of spaces they produced, now the Creative Factories of HW, as many others in London, are the new subject of interest of developers and land own-ers, who are cueing up with their residential planning applications, and this once renowned densest con-centration of artists studios is looking set to tread the inevitable path led by market forces.[From Creative Factories by Richard Brown].

    LOOKING AT THE CRE-ATIVE FACTORIES OF HACKNEY WICK AND FISH ISLAND ExAMPLE

    02 London co-working spaces New forms of live-work spaces

    HACKNEY WICK

    Oslo House - live/work units, Hackney Wick

    Stour Space - studios, exhibition space, shop and caf, Hackney Wick

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    90 Main Yard shared studios in Hackney Wick Rented shared studios in Stour Space, Hackney Wick

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    Many old warehouses or ex-industrial buildings in London are now providing affordable and inspiring work spaces and collaborative working opportunities to empower people to develop creative projects and busi-ness support. The number of this creative spaces saw a major increase in number in the past ten years. This Artists Workspace Study prepared by We Made That and published by The Major of London provides a snapshot of affordable studio provision for artists in London in 2014. They recorded 298 separate studio buildings or sites, catering for over 11,500 artists across the capital. The study found multiple studio typologies:1.Charitable/ non-profit2.Commercial3.Self-organised/ artist-led studios 4.Residency space5.Temporary occupation6.Facilities & skills7.Live/ work scheme8.Voluntary/artist led co-operative

    SHARED STUDIOS AND NEW CO-WORKING COMMUNITIES

    02 London co-working spaces Other co-working spaces in London

    Sketch of The White Building division of studio spaces in the first floor

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    Image of one of the tower blocks part of Locton Estate, Circle Housing Old Ford - Selected site of the project

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    03 What about working from home? The modern live/work homes

    When looking at the current typologies of workspaces and art studios to rent avail-able on the market its clear that there is a tendency to combine live and work related activities in the same space for economical, so-cial and technical reasons. In most cases this happen through live/work typologies of living space (e.g Creative Factories in Hackney Wick) or through the introduction of simil-dwelling forms of space in the working environment of the office (see shared stu-dios with communal kitchen and shared meeting rooms). But most of these co-working spaces are becoming slowly more unaccessible due to a surge in the rent prices and the requirements needed to work with many other people sharing the same space. As these forms of workspac-es are becoming less available to many people its interesting to see the increasing number of home-based businesses that are developing in UK.

    THE MODERN COTTAGE INDUSTRY

    Cottage Industry Home-based businessThe open workshop in London new public places for making, mending and lear-ning. In the spirit of the public library, the workshops, with on-site assistance, lend resources such as wood and metal working equipment, offer space for assembly and construction and is a social space open to all.

    Located mainly in zone 3-4 the open workshops are easily accessible to people living and working in central London.

    Membership and fees:200-400 monthy

    The unconventional but ideal socially tabula rasa conditions of the industrial districts of East and North London have enabled new communities with similar needs to shape alternative work-orientated neighborhoods, mainly through self-organized affordable warehouse redevelopments.

    A clear case is Hackney Wick were, as Richard Brown says in his book land owners are cueing up with their residen-tial planning applications, and this once renowned densest concentration of artists studios is looking set to tread the inevitable path led by market forces.

    What are then the alternatives for creative people who cant afford to move from residential areas yet interested in the production and retail of home-made quality goods as source of primary or secondary income?

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    Rent a desk in one of the open workshops around

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    Choose to rent a room in the affordable live-work

    communities (see HW)

    Home-based businesses have many positive effects from an economic and social point of view and they have a high grade of affordabili-ty and flexibility. This make us wonder if we should start re-consider the home workspace as a typology that could be improved and facilitated within our local communities.

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    Childminders workhome in social housing, living room as workspace, London borough, 2005 (Dr. F.Hollis)

    Artist in his workhome, double-height studio, London borough, 2005 (Dr. F.Hollis)

    Please find attached part of the publication Space, Buildings and the Life Worlds of Home Based Workers: Towards Better Design by Dr. Frances Holliss, London MET

    Architects workhome, kitchen/ technical library, London borough, 2005 (Dr. F.Hollis)

    03 What about working from home? Dr. Frances Hollis and the workhome

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    -Sulle case. Larchitettura rurale del Cao de l a Brendola nei Colli Berici by Guerrino Lovato, Vicenza 2013

    -Document Le Contrade by Valdagnos Municipality, 2010

    -Creative Factories by Richard Brown, 2013

    - Artist workspace study. Reports and reccomandations Study by We Made That, published by the Major of London, September 2014

    -THE WORKHOME PROJECT website: http://theworkhome.com/

    -AFFORDABLE WICK website: http://affordablewick.com/

    04 Bibliography

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    RESEARCH & TESTING

    RESEARCH & TESTING

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    COTTAGE INDUSTRY

    1. (Commerce) an industry in which employees work in their own homes, often using their own equipment2. a business in which goods are produced in the home for commercial use or sale.3. any small-scale, loosely organized industry.

    Hygene Grade

    Health and safety

    Environmental impact

    Quality Standards

    Resources Personal Background

    Requirements

    Possibility to invest

    TimeAvailability

    Previous family business

    Benefits

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    Parents/others support

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    definition

    elementsof guidance

    Profiling the entrepreneur

    and its background

    How to become a maker?

    Necessity of specificPRODUCTION

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    Techonology services/software/hardware supply

    Building/construction/plant hire services

    Catering/food/catering supply

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    Leisure/fitness

    Professional consulting (law/science/pharma etc)

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    RETAIL SPACE

    Home based selling

    Storage space (?)

    Retail street spot (?)

    Industrial kitchen for catering business (?)

    Tailoring business

    (?)

    Market Stall

    Affiliated shopsEvolution of the retail space on the needs of

    the maker Internet platforms

    Retail shop

    Door-to-door selling

    machinery

    tools

    Adaptation of the

    living space

    LIVE/WORKCONDITIONS

    Transformation of the

    interiors

    Domesticated production

    INTRODUCTION OF SPECIFIC EQUIPEMENT IN A DWELLING ENVIRONMENT

    storage

    room conditions

    PreviousReferences

    Preparatorial workshop

    Preparatorial workshop

    Acquisition of skills and abilities

    Separati

    on of fu

    nctions

    Visiting Markets

    Searching on Internet

    Attending Workshops

    Exsisting Surveys

    Word of Mouth

    Mapping Bow area and the existing resources in terms of - materials - workshops - courses - retail options- charities

    Hand drawings and pictures of the

    interiors

    Creation of the maker profile and

    narratives

    Map and indexof home based business of the working components

    and working environmentof London based makersideally one for eachselected typology **

    Hand drawings 5 Profiles

    IN-PROGRESS SHOW 12 January CSM to collect and organize by the

    Talks on home making

    Aims and intentions for STAGE 1

    Series of talks on the theme of Home Based production and retail with the participation of makers/entrepreneurs and researchers that are interest in

    this model of small production.

    Anthology of making narratives Together with the drawings

    I would like to collect

    Im interested in live/work small business that combine dwelling and manufacturing, focusing on hand crafted products and home designed methods of production. My intent is to develop a study that collects life experiences and making narratives about modern entrepreneurs and their domestic workshops and studios.

    Through photos/drawings, notes and figures I would like to meticulously portray the makers of today and their eclectic practices, making use of diagrammatical representation and spatial illustration to depict in detail the characteristics of their work and the mechanisms of

    adaptation and transformation behind their success.

    Aims and intentions for STAGE 2

    The second and main part of the project will be connected to the outcome of the the research on existing Cottage Industry of the First Stage. It will happen on an housing estate -ideally Old Ford Estate from Circle Housing-. The estate collaboration need to be establish during the first stage of the project.The work I will produce before May 2015 will then be based on the study of Cottage Industry evolution or introduction in the housing estate as a template for social improvement and economic support for the residents.

    Methods to be defined.HOW?Detailed

    drawings of equipment

    and machines

    One to one visits and interviews

    amateur

    first profits

    + equipment

    Equipment+

    retail space+

    life style adaptation

    Scheduled production

    +possible employees

    +multi retail platforms

    +popularity rise

    Scheduled production

    +employees

    +multi retail platforms

    +loyal costumers

    long-standing family

    business

    The research following the development of the equipment will be added to the R-Urban tool lending library research

    Semi professional

    Professional Business with employees

    Business with external studio/retail space or

    workshop

    TOOL

    LIBRARY

    WICK SESSION ON COTTAGE INDUSTRY IN HACKNEY WICK, BOW & CSM

    Contact makers

    Focus on OLD FORD community

    Modern definition of Cottage Industry

    Historic research The Artisan in the Contrada in the Small Dolomites region (IT)

    The Fil practice and the traditional jobs transmitted

    through storytelling

    Contact Circle housing TMO

    association to identify small

    home based producers within the estates

    1

    0

    0.1

    1.2

    1.4 1.3

    2

    3

    4

    5

    Contact Bow Road Market Festival

    organization team to identify

    makers of the area

    CANDY STREET HOUSING

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    A cottage industry is an industryprimarily manufac-turingwhich includes many producers, working from their homes, typically part time. The term originally re-ferred to home workers who were engaged in a task such as sewing, lace-making, wall hangings, or household manufacturing. (Wikipedia, Putting-out system). At the very early beginning of my research I started look-ing into the idea of mod-ern cottage industries and home-based production in a city like London. it became clear that there is an imme-diate connection between the space of the house and the typology of work that is carried out within it. In the drawing on the left is possible to see the early stages of a proposal that aimed to define how to facilitate the introduction of home-based work and production within a selected housing estate in London.

    EARLY MAPPING OF MODERN COTTAGE INDUSTRIES

    01 What is modern cottage industry?

    COTTAGE INDUSTRY

    1. (Commerce) an industry in which employees work in their own homes, often using their own equipment2. a business in which goods are produced in the home for commercial use or sale.3. any small-scale, loosely organized industry.

    Hygene Grade

    Health and safety

    Environmental impact

    Quality Standards

    Resources Personal Background

    Requirements

    Possibility to invest

    TimeAvailability

    Previous family business

    Benefits

    Sources of income

    Economical Background

    Parents/others support

    Tenant or private owner

    Location

    Health

    Education

    Children

    Single or married

    Age/Sex

    definition

    elementsof guidance

    Profiling the entrepreneur

    and its background

    How to become a maker?

    Necessity of specificPRODUCTION

    SPACE built in the house or..

    in add.space

    attached to the house

    typologies**

    Techonology services/software/hardware supply

    Building/construction/plant hire services

    Catering/food/catering supply

    Creative

    Fashion

    Manufacturing

    Retail

    Event management/hospitality

    Leisure/fitness

    Professional consulting (law/science/pharma etc)

    Ages of Business

    Employees

    Profit

    Trade model

    Popularity

    Raw material supply

    Service industries

    Business services

    Stages of establishment

    RETAIL SPACE

    Home based selling

    Storage space (?)

    Retail street spot (?)

    Industrial kitchen for catering business (?)

    Tailoring business

    (?)

    Market Stall

    Affiliated shopsEvolution of the retail space on the needs of

    the maker Internet platforms

    Retail shop

    Door-to-door selling

    machinery

    tools

    Adaptation of the

    living space

    LIVE/WORKCONDITIONS

    Transformation of the

    interiors

    Domesticated production

    INTRODUCTION OF SPECIFIC EQUIPEMENT IN A DWELLING ENVIRONMENT

    storage

    room conditions

    PreviousReferences

    Preparatorial workshop

    Preparatorial workshop

    Acquisition of skills and abilities

    Separati

    on of fu

    nctions

    Visiting Markets

    Searching on Internet

    Attending Workshops

    Exsisting Surveys

    Word of Mouth

    Mapping Bow area and the existing resources in terms of - materials - workshops - courses - retail options- charities

    Hand drawings and pictures of the

    interiors

    Creation of the maker profile and

    narratives

    Map and indexof home based business of the working components

    and working environmentof London based makersideally one for eachselected typology **

    Hand drawings 5 Profiles

    IN-PROGRESS SHOW 12 January CSM to collect and organize by the

    Talks on home making

    Aims and intentions for STAGE 1

    Series of talks on the theme of Home Based production and retail with the participation of makers/entrepreneurs and researchers that are interest in

    this model of small production.

    Anthology of making narratives Together with the drawings

    I would like to collect

    Im interested in live/work small business that combine dwelling and manufacturing, focusing on hand crafted products and home designed methods of production. My intent is to develop a study that collects life experiences and making narratives about modern entrepreneurs and their domestic workshops and studios.

    Through photos/drawings, notes and figures I would like to meticulously portray the makers of today and their eclectic practices, making use of diagrammatical representation and spatial illustration to depict in detail the characteristics of their work and the mechanisms of

    adaptation and transformation behind their success.

    Aims and intentions for STAGE 2

    The second and main part of the project will be connected to the outcome of the the research on existing Cottage Industry of the First Stage. It will happen on an housing estate -ideally Old Ford Estate from Circle Housing-. The estate collaboration need to be establish during the first stage of the project.The work I will produce before May 2015 will then be based on the study of Cottage Industry evolution or introduction in the housing estate as a template for social improvement and economic support for the residents.

    Methods to be defined.HOW?Detailed

    drawings of equipment

    and machines

    One to one visits and interviews

    amateur

    first profits

    + equipment

    Equipment+

    retail space+

    life style adaptation

    Scheduled production

    +possible employees

    +multi retail platforms

    +popularity rise

    Scheduled production

    +employees

    +multi retail platforms

    +loyal costumers

    long-standing family

    business

    The research following the development of the equipment will be added to the R-Urban tool lending library research

    Semi professional

    Professional Business with employees

    Business with external studio/retail space or

    workshop

    TOOL

    LIBRARY

    WICK SESSION ON COTTAGE INDUSTRY IN HACKNEY WICK, BOW & CSM

    Contact makers

    Focus on OLD FORD community

    Modern definition of Cottage Industry

    Historic research The Artisan in the Contrada in the Small Dolomites region (IT)

    The Fil practice and the traditional jobs transmitted

    through storytelling

    Contact Circle housing TMO

    association to identify small

    home based producers within the estates

    1

    0

    0.1

    1.2

    1.4 1.3

    2

    3

    4

    5

    Contact Bow Road Market Festival

    organization team to identify

    makers of the area

    CANDY STREET HOUSING

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    Studio of Sinead in North London

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    My visit to the professional potter Sinead OMoore was the first chance I had to see how home-based business-es are evolving in our city and more important, how our houses are undergoing important transformations to allow home-based produc-tion to take place. I had the possibility to meet Sinead at the Sunday Market in Green-wich where she displays her work. Visiting her house and having the possibility to interview her allowed me to understand the motives be-hind her professional activi-ties and why she decided to work from home. The full interview with Sinead is collected in a small book-let Sinead OMoore Potter n17 &rz together with the pictures I took during my visit and a series of hand and digital drawings analysing the working and living spaces of the house.

    THE POTTERY STUDIO

    02 Home Based Businesses The homeworker: Sinead OMoore - potter

    Sinead OMoore Potter n17 &rz publication. Please find a copy in the pocket Research and Testing

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    Credit cards used as makeshift utensils

    Molds to model the clay

    Utensil to spread the clay in the mold

    One of the candle holder before the glazing

    I found the visit to Sineads house and studio to be very interesting for what concerns the organisation of the inter-nal space of the house. Listening to her interview, I appreciated her description of how important was for her to be able to have a space

    in the house that was only for her and her work. The studio was ricavated from a dining room situated inbetween the kitchen and the living room on the ground floor. Storage surfaces were increased with the addition of many heavy duty shelves and tabletops.

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    Custumisation of the storage space with the addition of heavy duty shelves

    The work was carried out mainly on the central long worktop that presented also more storage space for clay and other materials under-neath. The central worktop was situated in front of the window to maximise the use of natural light.

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    The kiln in the underground cella. More shelves for storage of colours, tools and utensils

    The most peculiar trans-formation of the exhisting space in the house was the extension of the small un-derground cella connected to the kitchen. The cella was enlarged and stretched to allow more space for the installation of a small kiln.

    The underground room was then plastered with special insulation material which prevents the walls to become too hot when the kiln is on.

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    Sketch of the workspace Teeth molds and samples of tiles

    It was interesting to discover the multiple objects from day to day life that were used by Sinead to work with the ma-terial. Domestic and make-shift objects were actually the most used for the manufac-turing of the vases and other pieces.

    Other more unusual objects, as the teeth molds and sea shells, were collected and stored on the shelves wait-ing to be used for a future project.

    When I moved to the house I was already looking for something

    that would accomodate my business, a functional house rather than

    a normal home

    Underground cellar transformed to house the kiln

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    KITCHEN

    LIVING RO

    OM

    STUDIO

    CELLAR

    The entrepeneur adopt a strategy of

    TransformationCustomizationAppropriation

    of the dwelling space to include the production space. Certain parts of the house are more likely to be adjusted in a way they can accomodate the necessary services to run a small-medium scale home-based production. For some particular industries there is the necessity to follow health and safety requirements and other specific regulations.

    First floor more suitable to locate bedrooms/rented rooms

    Front room downstairs, more suitable for community living

    Smaller room with good light from single window facing the garden. Central position in the groundfloor.

    Largest room in the ground floor, possibility to access to the cellar. Good light.

    Green area on the front and right side of the house. Immediate access to the street and possibilty of storage.

    Small storage space and toilette

    Underground narrow cellar with possibilty of low cost refurbishment

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    KITCHEN

    LIVING RO

    OM

    STUDIO

    CELLAR

    The entrepeneur adopt a strategy of

    TransformationCustomizationAppropriation

    of the dwelling space to include the production space. Certain parts of the house are more likely to be adjusted in a way they can accomodate the necessary services to run a small-medium scale home-based production. For some particular industries there is the necessity to follow health and safety requirements and other specific regulations.

    First floor more suitable to locate bedrooms/rented rooms

    Front room downstairs, more suitable for community living

    Smaller room with good light from single window facing the garden. Central position in the groundfloor.

    Largest room in the ground floor, possibility to access to the cellar. Good light.

    Green area on the front and right side of the house. Immediate access to the street and possibilty of storage.

    Small storage space and toilette

    Underground narrow cellar with possibilty of low cost refurbishment

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    Plan of Sinead OMoore studio/ office and undergroundkiln room

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    Looking at the previous re-searches and surveys stud-ying at the design for home-based workers and through my visit to the houses of few home-based makers, it was clear to me that a process of Transformation CustomizationAppropriationof the dwelling space had to take place to allow work to be carried out in the home. Certain parts of the house are more likely to be adjusted in a way they can accomodate the necessary services to run a small-me-dium scale home-based production or work.For some particular indus-tries there is the necessity to follow health and safety requirements and other spe-cific regulations. In Sinead case the division between studio and kiln room was fundamental to respect the requirements of each stage of the manufac-turing process.

    TRADITIONAL HOME-BASED WORK

    02 Home Based Businesses Transform, Customise, Appropriate

    Fragment of composite drawing no 2: spatial design typology (showing a consist-ency of size in live-with workhomes that is absent in live-nearby workhomes) + patterns of use typology (showing that all dual-use spaces and all dedicated living or working spaces are less prevalent in the overall sample)From Dr. Frances Hollis Space, Buildings and the Life Worlds of Home-Based Workers: Towards Better Design

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    PRODUCTIVE AND DOMESTIC FUNCTIONS OF THE ROOM:Thick wallsOpen shelvesSunny counter Waist-high shelf Indoor sunlight Wings of lightIndoor artificial light Filtered lightBright LightWindow which open wide Window overlook-ing life Warm coloursSecret placesStorage spacesThe shape of indoor space Flexible working space Half-private working space

    >Language summary partly structured following the patterns related todomesticity and working space described by Christopher Alexander in A PatternLanguage. Towns. Buildings. Construction 1977

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    To better understand the co-habitation of working activities and dwelling ac-tivities in the same space I considered as necessary testing what would happen if it was my room to become a workspace for an upgraded production of a specific item. The typology of manufacture chosen was knitting and the speculative context in which my room had to be trans-formed involved the neces-sity to be able to knit for ten hours a day in the same space that is otherwise used for domestic activities. The overlapping of the two activ-ities, productive and domes-tic, is shown through a series of plans copied in the follow-ing pages. Through the com-bination of the two drawings, one displaying a production stage (red) and the the other representing normal diaily use of the room (black), it is possible to identify which are the necessity for both activ-ities to be carried out in the space (storage, light etc..)

    DOUBLE USE OF ABEDROOM - TEST

    03 Dwelling & Working Overlapping of dwelling and working space of the home

    There is a critical point beyond which closer contact with another person will no longer lead to an increase in empathy.

    Up to a certain point, intimate interaction with others increases the capacity to empathize with them. But when others are too

    constanlty present, the organism appears to develop a protective resistance to responding to them.. This limit to the capacity

    to empathize should be taken into account in planning the optimal size and concentration of urban population..

    Socilogist Foote and Cottrell on the private dwelling space in Identity and Interpersonal Competence 1955

    Make a space in the home, where substantial work can be done; not just a hobby, but a job. Change the zoning laws to encourage

    modest, quiet work operations to locate in the neighborhoods

    Christopher Alexander on Home Workshop, pattern 157 in A Pattern Language. Town. Building. Construction 1977

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    PRIMARLY DOMESTIC FUNCTIONS OF THE ROOM:Intimacy gradientCoomunal eatingEating atmosphereAlcovesBed alcovePlace for rest and sleep Areas of study and reading Changing and dressing space Space for one personSpace for a coupleA place to waitClosets between roomSpace for animals

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    PRIMARLY PRODUCTIVE FUNCTIONS OF THE ROOM:Scattered workWorkspace enclosureNetwork of learningActivity nodesWork communityIndustrial ribbonCommunity projectsSelf-governing workshop and office Master and apprenticeSite repairTapestry of light and darkSpace for storage of materialSpace for storage and order of toolsPatterns and drawings spaceSpace for storage of unfinished work / WHACO Space for surplus / UFOShelf for remote control and mobile phone Shelf for beverage and snack

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    First review - #1 chair for knitting prototype

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    04 Upgraded furnitures for home based makers Chair for upgraded knitting - Prototype #1

    To give a specific function to a space it is possible to use a simple but effective method which consists in changing the function of the furnitures that are part of that space. In this case the #1 prototype for a knitting chair was in-tended to be an experiment that would allow me to create a chair that satisfys specific requirements for a profes-sional activity of knitter. The chair is designed follow-ing a 90 angle which sim-ulate the corner of the bed-room and therefore allows a perfect fitting of the chair in a specific position. The arms attached to the seatback and the small table on the left side are collapsable. Extra storage space was created underneath the seat. Small castor wheels were added to move the chair more easily and a stabiliser was addedd to rest the feet when kinitting. The design was constructed through a research on books and blogs for knitters and throught a short collaboration with a student from CSM.

    UPGRADED VERSION OF A CHAIR FOR KNITTING

    Sketch of chair in use

    Sketch of chair with the equipment for knitting

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    Hangers and other fittings that increse the surfaces for storage space

    Addition of foam for a more comfortable seating

    Addition of a small side table

    Creating the 90 flat boards structure

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    Small tools container

    Sticky notes and patterns

    Yarn holders

    Scarfs rack

    Spinning Swift

    Artificial lightSpace for useful things

    Soft and confortable seat

    Storage space forstash and unfinished work

    Wheels for easy transport

    File holder for pattern collection and articles

    Small footrest for better posture while knitting

    The Rocking Knitting Chair

    A barber chair for the living room

    Doll sewing and knitting chair

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    Details of chair with yarn swift and yarn binder

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    The second prototype for an upgraded version of a knit-ting chair experimented the possibility of add on top of an exhisting furniture piece rather than design from scratch. This second option was studied to be fitted onto a standard chair, allowing both the standard and the productive use of the chair. The superimposed plywood structure presents three flaps hinged to the main body of the structure that function as slots stopping the structure from moving when placed on the chair. The top of the unit presents a yarn binder and swift system to facilitate the work of the knitter. The back of the unit presents hangers and extra pockets for knitting patterns and other documents. The opening arms of the unit present more hangers and a small side table.

    CHAIR WITH ADDITION OF KNITTING UNIT

    04 Upgraded furnitures for home based makers Chair for upgraded knitting - Prototype #2

    The working cube by Architects Farrell/Grimshaw

    Sketch of superimposed system for professional knitting

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    Building of the super-imposed productive addition to the chair The chair displayed during the In Progress show

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    The chair as part of the In-Progress show layout

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    The spare room used as small architectural studio

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    An other method to transform the existing interi-ors of the house and include both living and working func-tions is through the custumisation of part of the space with a simple design intervention. As part of my research I decided to trans-form the only spare room in my house (previously used as extra storage space and eventually as guests room) into a fully functioning stu-dio for a young architecture student. The room not only required better storage solu-tions but it also represented a great space to test how domestic activities and work can cohabit. The project required the purchase of 40 worth of OSB 18mm stand-ard panels and two days of construction. The tools were borrowed from public works office and the trestles for the table were purchased for the in-progress show. The current layout of the room incresed the working sur-faces needed for printing and model makign, altough maintaining the use as guest room by removing one pan-els from the top of the bed.

    THE POTENTIAL OF THE SPARE ROOM - TESTING

    05 Testing Spare room > Architecture studio > Spare room

    Process of custumisation of the spare room into a small architecture student studio

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    Boards of OSB bought from local construction material supplier

    Part of the equipment borrowed from public works

    The spare room before the conversion

    Construction in the yard in front of the house

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    First unit of the wall shelves

    Economic material and easily disassemblable structure

    Assembling the boards for the heavy duty shelving structure

    Functional space for studying, working and as guest room

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    DESIGN PROCESS

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    10 MinWalk

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    OLLERTON GREEN CONSTRUCTION

    TRAINING CENTRE CTC

    GROWING CONCERNS STORAGE SPACE

    TREDEGAR ROAD COMMUNITY CENTRE

    THE MUSEUM OF EVERYDAY - THE CASS

    BUTLEY COURT ROAD COMMUNITY CENTRE

    3 YEARS RESIDENCY BY CASS SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

    ROMAN ROAD ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND

    ROMAN ROAD FESTIVAL AND SHOPS

    WRIGHTS ROAD COMMUNITY CENTRE

    COMMUNITY CENTRES AND RESIDENTS FACILITIES PART OF CIRCLE HOUSING GROUPOld Ford, Bow

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    01 Map of Circle Housing Old Ford existing community facilities

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    5 MinWalk

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    10 MinWalk

    15 MinWalk

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    FRANCIS LEE COMMUNITY & COMPUTER CENTRE

    OLLERTON GREEN CONSTRUCTION

    TRAINING CENTRE CTC

    GROWING CONCERNS STORAGE SPACE

    TREDEGAR ROAD COMMUNITY CENTRE

    THE MUSEUM OF EVERYDAY - THE CASS

    BUTLEY COURT ROAD COMMUNITY CENTRE

    3 YEARS RESIDENCY BY CASS SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

    ROMAN ROAD ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND

    ROMAN ROAD FESTIVAL AND SHOPS

    WRIGHTS ROAD COMMUNITY CENTRE

    COMMUNITY CENTRES AND RESIDENTS FACILITIES PART OF CIRCLE HOUSING GROUPOld Ford, Bow

    Having selected Circle Housing Old Ford as site for the project it was necessay to map the existing facilities for the residents in the area. The facilities included: -Community centres and other infrastructures managed by Circle Housing Old Ford;-The other facilities provided by Circle Housing but not necessarily embedded within the structure of the housing estates in the area;-The main public venure used by the community in the neighbourhood of Bow. In this is Roman Road and its market that function as central site for social encounters and community based activities.

    COMMUNITY CENTRES AND ExISTING FACILITIES

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    Weekly market 10am-3pm Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday

    Roman Road Summer & Winter Festivals

    Mapping the program of activities taking place in each community centre allowed me to understand which community centres were somehow under-used and which could perhaps

    accomodate activities re-lated to home-based work and production. The analysis that was carried out for the community centres had to be made for the main high street and its peculia market.

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    5 min walk

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    The centres are raised above the drawing as small islands that provide services for the local community

    < First attempt of creating a map for Bow

    Highlighting the centres that should be developed in the drawing

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    INDUSTRIOUS NEIGHBOURHOODS

    MAKING POTENTIAL/OLD FORD EXISTING COMMUNITY CENTRES IN CIRCLE HOUSING OLD FORD

    OLLERTON GREEN C.T.C

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    M T W T F S S

    -Play area outdoor

    -Hall [70mq]-Kitchen

    -Disability Access

    -Children activities-Workshops

    -Events-Playworker assistance

    -Bus No.8 and 399

    -15 min to Bethlan Green and Bow Road

    -Hall [100mq] -Office.1 [15mq]-Office.2 [7mq]-Office.3 [7mq]-Kitchen-Disality Access

    -Coffee mornings-Exercise class-Arts & Craft-Bingo-Advice Sessions

    -No.8 to St. Stephens Road-15 min to Bow Road and Bow Church DLR

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    M T W T F S S

    -Meeting room.1 [35mq]-Meeting room.2 [50mq]Small KitchenDisability Access

    -Arts Group-Maths and Esol Classes-Spanish Courses

    -Bus No.8-276-488-15 min to Bow Road and Bow Church DLR

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    M T W T F S S

    -Office.1 [10mq]-Office.2 [8mq]-Hall.1 [100mq]-Hall.2 [40mq]KitchenDisability Access

    -Supplementary School-Bingo-Sewing classes-Arabic classes

    -Bus No.8-276-488-15 min to Bow Road and Bow Church DLR

    -Workspace [125mq]-Office [20mq]ToiletKitchen

    -Training cour-ses-Construction Training Initiative

    -Bus No.8-276-488-20 min to Bow Road and Bow Church DLR

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    M T W T F S S

    -Office.1 [18mq]-Office.2 [11mq]-Office.3 [25mq]-Upper Hall [95mq]-Lower Hall [80mq]KitchenDisability Access

    -Dance sessions-Music workshops-Arts & Crafts-Acrredited training-Sports

    -Bus No.8-276-488-15 min to Bow Road and Bow Church DLR

    -Main room [70mq]-Small room [19mq]-Small office [10mq]-Office.3 [7mq]KitchenDisability Access

    -Adult literay/numeracy classes-IT for Esol students-IT for 16/18 years old-Accredited IT qualifications

    -Bus No.8-276-488-20 min to Bow Road and Bow Church DLR

    Space for hire

    No Activities

    Community Activities

    Facilities and spaces provided

    Transports

    Communal coff/meal

    Phisical Activities Language courses

    Family activities and games

    Activities which include making

    Organised charities and external groups

    N

    S

    EW

    OLD FORD[CIRCLE HOUSINGLOCTON ESTATE]

    5 MinWalk

    Locton Estate

    10 MinWalk

    15 MinWalk

    20 MinWalk

    FRANCIS LEE COMMUNITY & COMPUTER CENTRE

    OLLERTON GREEN CONSTRUCTION

    TRAINING CENTRE CTC

    GROWING CONCERNS STORAGE SPACE

    TREDEGAR ROAD COMMUNITY CENTRE

    THE MUSEUM OF EVERY-DAY - THE CASS

    BUTLEY COURT ROAD COMMUNITY CENTRE

    3 YEARS RESIDENCY BY CASS SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

    ROMAN ROAD ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND

    ROMAN ROAD FESTIVAL AND SHOPS

    WRIGHTS ROAD COMMUNITY CENTRE

    RESIDENTS WORKSHOPS & SPACE FOR FILO

    Room with extra available space for a FILO BOX.

    Currently empty garages also managed by Circle Housing which could be transformed into a space for SUMMER WORKSHOPS

    Available extra storage space = ADDITIONAL ROOM FOR LARGER WORKSHOPS, lectures of visiting makers and pos-sibility to use a projector

    Rubbish bin cage not fully used, with direct access to Ollerton Green street and parking area = SHOWCASE and EXCHANGE POINT for the makers working in the CTC

    THE CTC RESIDENTS DROP IN SESSIONS NEED MORE PEOPLE = The existing network of makers that are currently at-tending the DIY drop in session organised by the CTC doesnt go over 4 people in numbers. With the model of the Fil workshop I would like to engage more people to join the CTC

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    DESIGN PROCESS

    MAKING POTENTIAL/OLD FORD EXISTING COMMUNITY CENTRES IN CIRCLE HOUSING OLD FORD

    OLLERTON GREEN C.T.C

    9101112131415161718192021

    M T W T F S S9101112131415161718192021

    M T W T F S S9101112131415161718192021

    M T W T F S S

    -Play area outdoor

    -Hall [70mq]-Kitchen

    -Disability Access

    -Children activities-Workshops

    -Events-Playworker assistance

    -Bus No.8 and 399

    -15 min to Bethlan Green and Bow Road

    -Hall [100mq] -Office.1 [15mq]-Office.2 [7mq]-Office.3 [7mq]-Kitchen-Disality Access

    -Coffee mornings-Exercise class-Arts & Craft-Bingo-Advice Sessions

    -No.8 to St. Stephens Road-15 min to Bow Road and Bow Church DLR

    9101112131415161718192021

    M T W T F S S

    -Meeting room.1 [35mq]-Meeting room.2 [50mq]Small KitchenDisability Access

    -Arts Group-Maths and Esol Classes-Spanish Courses

    -Bus No.8-276-488-15 min to Bow Road and Bow Church DLR

    9101112131415161718192021

    M T W T F S S

    -Office.1 [10mq]-Office.2 [8mq]-Hall.1 [100mq]-Hall.2 [40mq]KitchenDisability Access

    -Supplementary School-Bingo-Sewing classes-Arabic classes

    -Bus No.8-276-488-15 min to Bow Road and Bow Church DLR

    -Workspace [125mq]-Office [20mq]ToiletKitchen

    -Training cour-ses-Construction Training Initiative

    -Bus No.8-276-488-20 min to Bow Road and Bow Church DLR

    91011121314151617181920212223

    M T W T F S S

    -Office.1 [18mq]-Office.2 [11mq]-Office.3 [25mq]-Upper Hall [95mq]-Lower Hall [80mq]KitchenDisability Access

    -Dance sessions-Music workshops-Arts & Crafts-Acrredited training-Sports

    -Bus No.8-276-488-15 min to Bow Road and Bow Church DLR

    -Main room [70mq]-Small room [19mq]-Small office [10mq]-Office.3 [7mq]KitchenDisability Access

    -Adult literay/numeracy classes-IT for Esol students-IT for 16/18 years old-Accredited IT qualifications

    -Bus No.8-276-488-20 min to Bow Road and Bow Church DLR

    Space for hire

    No Activities

    Community Activities

    Facilities and spaces provided

    Transports

    Communal coff/meal

    Phisical Activities Language courses

    Family activities and games

    Activities which include making

    Organised charities and external groups

    N

    S

    EW

    OLD FORD[CIRCLE HOUSINGLOCTON ESTATE]

    5 MinWalk

    Locton Estate

    10 MinWalk

    15 MinWalk

    20 MinWalk

    FRANCIS LEE COMMUNITY & COMPUTER CENTRE

    OLLERTON GREEN CONSTRUCTION

    TRAINING CENTRE CTC

    GROWING CONCERNS STORAGE SPACE

    TREDEGAR ROAD COMMUNITY CENTRE

    THE MUSEUM OF EVERY-DAY - THE CASS

    BUTLEY COURT ROAD COMMUNITY CENTRE

    3 YEARS RESIDENCY BY CASS SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

    ROMAN ROAD ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND

    ROMAN ROAD FESTIVAL AND SHOPS

    WRIGHTS ROAD COMMUNITY CENTRE

    RESIDENTS WORKSHOPS & SPACE FOR FILO

    Room with extra available space for a FILO BOX.

    Currently empty garages also managed by Circle Housing which could be transformed into a space for SUMMER WORKSHOPS

    Available extra storage space = ADDITIONAL ROOM FOR LARGER WORKSHOPS, lectures of visiting makers and pos-sibility to use a projector

    Rubbish bin cage not fully used, with direct access to Ollerton Green street and parking area = SHOWCASE and EXCHANGE POINT for the makers working in the CTC

    THE CTC RESIDENTS DROP IN SESSIONS NEED MORE PEOPLE = The existing network of makers that are currently at-tending the DIY drop in session organised by the CTC doesnt go over 4 people in numbers. With the model of the Fil workshop I would like to engage more people to join the CTC

    Through my short volun-teering experience in the Construction Training Centre of Ollerton Green, also run by Circle Housing Old Ford, I had the possibility to assist the technicians during the open evening classes for the residents. The peculiar structure of the Centre was characterised by a very long underground space (possibly a conversion of the old underground ga-rages) divided in three main rooms with lateral extensions on each side. In the axonometric drawing are reported possible alter-native uses of the spaces in the centre to increase the number of activities related to home-based making and DIY.

    THE CTC

    02 Construction Training Centre in Ollerton Green Axonometric drawing of the CTC

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    INDUSTRIOUS NEIGHBOURHOODS

    Photograps of the three main rooms in the centre

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    DESIGN PROCESS

    Early sketch of the CTC

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    INDUSTRIOUS NEIGHBOURHOODS

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    DESIGN PROCESS

    02 Construction Training Centre in Ollerton Green Section with first design proposal

    During my experience in the CTC I noticed few structur-al issues that are probably influencing the perception that people looking at the centre, both from indoor and outdoor. From the outdoor in fact the centre result to be almost invisible due to its underground location and the lateral entrance. The only access from outside are infact two opeinings on the short side of the build-ing. One access is used as main door, normally kept gated during the day. The other access present a small garage and delivery bay. An other structural issue indeti-fied within the centre was the lack of natural light and the drop of the temperature inside the workshops. This was always related to the underground characterist of the space. Through a drawing exercise that we were given in the course of the year I had the possibility to consider few design interventions aimed to increase the levels of visibility and integration of the centre with the rest of the building.

    INCREASING THE VISIBILITY AND PERMEABILITY

    Sign directing to the entrance of the CTC

    Terrace above the centre

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    DESIGN PROCESS

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    DESIGN PROCESS

    03 Fil centre and home-based workers facilities in Roman Road

    The first design proposal looked into the possibility to create an alternative commu-nity centre which combined community living with the necessity for home-based worker resident in the area to meet and share experiences and knowledge. Through the course of the project I tried to identify possible locations in the area where the introduction of this Fil centre would have been more effective. Roman Road presented all the necessary qualities to accomodate such a space, partly because of the market presence, partly because in the future the street will undergo a re-generation program tackling local shops and the market organisation itself. The strategy adopted to bring the home-based workers community back in the high street included the design of three different facilities: - The Fil Community Centre- A common shop for local makers-A communal orchard

    THE HIGH STREET AS MAIN RETAIL VENUE FOR LOCAL MAKERS

    Mobile podium on Roman Road used by the Suffragettes

    Harry Da Costa and his trailer as part of Roman Road Market

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    INDUSTRIOUS NEIGHBOURHOODS

    Possible location for a Fil community centre

    Credit cards used as makeshift utensils

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    DESIGN PROCESS

    The three design proposal for Roman Road were designed to recall the three typologies of spaces for community making identified through the Common Mak-ing and Fil residency of the WOW milk-float in CSM.

    The proposals use as reference the four types of collective making networks which are: -OWL-Makers Networks-Green commoning-Social kitchens

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    INDUSTRIOUS NEIGHBOURHOODS

    Cast iron pavement

    lights

    Small library/archive and

    storage space for tools and

    toys

    Wall-Mounted folding outdoor

    worktop fitted on window

    Projector

    Workshops/meetings storage space

    Industrial service lift with folding shutters

    ToiletWall-Mounted folding indoor worktop fitted on window[semi-permanent]

    Stainless steel commercial

    catering kitchen with appliances and equipment

    Industrial ovens for batch baking

    50x120cmplywood worktop

    Extra storage space

    Library of materials that are

    functional to the makers

    and the residents

    Storage space

    Folding plywood tabletop/extension of the community

    centre activities on the street

    Steel folding shuttersfor the front window

    OUTDOOR WORKSPACE

    FILO ROOM AND MAIN

    MEETING SPACE

    OUTDOOR MEETING SPACE AND WORKSPACE

    240x120cmfoldable plywood table for meals and outdoor workhops & activities [20 seats]

    Skylight with iron cast pavement light

    NURSERY AND SMALLCHILDREN WORKSHOP

    INDOOR MEETING SPACE AND WORKSPACE

    COMMUNAL KITCHEN FOR SHARE SKILLS AND MEALS

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    DESIGN PROCESS

    Cast iron pavement

    lights

    Small library/archive and

    storage space for tools and

    toys

    Wall-Mounted folding outdoor

    worktop fitted on window

    Projector

    Workshops/meetings storage space

    Industrial service lift with folding shutters

    ToiletWall-Mounted folding indoor worktop fitted on window[semi-permanent]

    Stainless steel commercial

    catering kitchen with appliances and equipment

    Industrial ovens for batch baking

    50x120cmplywood worktop

    Extra storage space

    Library of materials that are

    functional to the makers

    and the residents

    Storage space

    Folding plywood tabletop/extension of the community

    centre activities on the street

    Steel folding shuttersfor the front window

    OUTDOOR WORKSPACE

    FILO ROOM AND MAIN

    MEETING SPACE

    OUTDOOR MEETING SPACE AND WORKSPACE

    240x120cmfoldable plywood table for meals and outdoor workhops & activities [20 seats]

    Skylight with iron cast pavement light

    NURSERY AND SMALLCHILDREN WORKSHOP

    INDOOR MEETING SPACE AND WORKSPACE

    COMMUNAL KITCHEN FOR SHARE SKILLS AND MEALS

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    INDUSTRIOUS NEIGHBOURHOODS

    RESIDENCY SPACE AND WORKSHOP FOR THE MAKERS IN THE

    COMMUNITY

    LOCAL MAKERS AND RESIDENSTS

    SHOP

    SMALL EXHIBITION SPACE FOR THE LOCAL MAKERS

    WORK

    Display for the goods produced

    through the residency of the

    makers in the building

    Baskets, shelves, boxes and displays containing the material for a temporary residency

    Products made by the local makers and the residents community_

    Foldable boards with possibilty to

    store equipment for workshops and

    making sessions

    Newspaper, fanzines and publications related to the makers in the neighbourhood

    Each shop front has a signage that can be replaced in relation to the activities taking place in the building

    Displays with interchanging blocks that create dierent typology of surfaces to best display

    the work of the local makers

    Direct access from the street for the ground floor and steep staircase that

    allow the access to the other floors

    LAURA STEWENSON

    sewing & stitching

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    DESIGN PROCESS

    RESIDENCY SPACE AND WORKSHOP FOR THE MAKERS IN THE

    COMMUNITY

    LOCAL MAKERS AND RESIDENSTS

    SHOP

    SMALL EXHIBITION SPACE FOR THE LOCAL MAKERS

    WORK

    Display for the goods produced

    through the residency of the

    makers in the building

    Baskets, shelves, boxes and displays containing the material for a temporary residency

    Products made by the local makers and the residents community_

    Foldable boards with possibilty to

    store equipment for workshops and

    making sessions

    Newspaper, fanzines and publications related to the makers in the neighbourhood

    Each shop front has a signage that can be replaced in relation to the activities taking place in the building

    Displays with interchanging blocks that create dierent typology of surfaces to best display

    the work of the local makers

    Direct access from the street for the ground floor and steep staircase that

    allow the access to the other floors

    LAURA STEWENSON

    sewing & stitching

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    INDUSTRIOUS NEIGHBOURHOODS

    Topsoil with young buds

    Semi-Indoor winter garden and storage of equipment and materials

    The old market stalls from Roman Road Market can be used as structure for trailing the garden along the street and open the gardens on the multiple unused squares of the road

    Flowers, vegetables and fruits

    for budding growing

    MOBILE COMMUNITY GREENHOUSE

    MOBILE COMMUNITY GARDEN AND GARDENING

    WORKSHOP UNIT

    Small workshop with gardening tools and

    necessary material to run small gardening classes

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    DESIGN PROCESS

    Topsoil with young buds

    Semi-Indoor winter garden and storage of equipment and materials

    The old market stalls from Roman Road Market can be used as structure for trailing the garden along the street and open the gardens on the multiple unused squares of the road

    Flowers, vegetables and fruits

    for budding growing

    MOBILE COMMUNITY GREENHOUSE

    MOBILE COMMUNITY GARDEN AND GARDENING

    WORKSHOP UNIT

    Small workshop with gardening tools and

    necessary material to run small gardening classes

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    INDUSTRIOUS NEIGHBOURHOODS

    04 Layout of reviews and In-Progress Show Half Term review

    Wall layout for Half Term Review

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    DESIGN PROCESS

    04 Layout of reviews and In-Progress Show End of Term review

    Wall layout and #1 chair prototype for End of Term review

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    INDUSTRIOUS NEIGHBOURHOODS

    Table layout for In.Progress show

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    DESIGN PROCESS

    04 Layout of reviews and In-Progress Show In-Progress Show

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    Space for individual project

    Space for the London scale of the projects/ map of London

    Space for the manifesto

    Why it is important for the citizen to make things? What are the existing maker spaces in the city?What are other urban scenes that could be converted into new making spaces? The house?

    How can be the space of our house a possible solution to for makers with small economic resources.

    Which social and economic values are created through the act of making together in a community? How to facilitate this exchange?

    hybrid chair that shows the combination ofdomestic and production functions

    The banner size still need to be defined with the group on Friday 2nd Jan

    TIMELINE events I want to propose in the community centres run from January until July

    Drawing the Fil and similar events of aggregation through the making : description of what are the social and material qualities of the practice of Fil and similar (ex: Tivaevae in NewZeland)

    Fil and similar forms of communal making + the verbs behind the Fil Hybrid

    chair explanation

    Drawing of:- Typology of events and activities that I would like to organize in the community centres in the next months - Example of material outcomes and phisical structures or spatial modification and addition to the community centres that Im considering to make in the next months

    Maker spaces map +Live work communities map (the example of HW)How do they work?

    Book The power of making by D.Charny line from the 5th chapter -Making Revolution-

    Drawing of furnitures and other devices for the house I would like to make or transform in order to make them adaptable to a domestic manufactural use (example: Knitting chair )

    Photograps of modified interiors from the home of interviewed makers

    Short intro-duction to the project

    Propositional example of -modified -transformed -customized interiors in Locton Green

    MAIN REFERENCE: Saul Steinberg, Summer Table (1981), mixed media collage on wood, 57 x 80 x 36

    Layout following option C and option 2, table position and measuraments from MAACI plan and sketch

    Christine Wong Yap, Pounds of Happiness (installation) table 2009 (*)

    Possibility to seat on the chair and use the knitting unit incorpored to the structure

    A Tabletop Bookcase for Small Spaces by Alexa Hotz (**)

    MODEL 1:20 of one of the flats in the Old Ford Estate with movable parts

    SELECTED BOOKS about making and maker spaces + previous research on the topic, including booklets on: - London Open Workshops- Live Work communities- Sinead studioand an introduction to the concept of Fil and the italian home-based producers

    **The visitor can look at seleceted publications on the topic pulling them out of an especially built tabletop bookcase in wood

    The visitor can move and play with the 1:20 model of one of the houses in Locton Green estate and see how to activate better the space in the house for a certain manufacturing activity

    *The visitor can see a propositional timetable of events and workshop moving the paper with the roll

    IN PROGRESS SHOW LAYOUT:

    1) What is going to be mounted on Table?I would like to keep the presentation of the work on the table simple and continuous, dividing the reading into 3 sections or scales that are answering to the questions that are at the base of my research.

    2) What is 'placed' on top of Table?The table top will include drawings, pictures, written info, 1 model, objects and books. The tabletop will include 2 mechanisms to show part of the work which could be too articulated and long to show directly on the surface. These are the timeline drawing roll and the small library incorporated to the tabletop, which includes:-Research books on the topic of making, maker spaces and home-based businesses -Booklet of the edited research Ive collected in the last months (the OWL community, interviews with home-based makers, live-work communities in HW, the collection of tools in the Contrada, the tool lending library by pw, the home-based production model in Italy etc..)

    3) What is formatted to be on Wall Banner?On the wall banner Im planning to have the axonometric drawing at scale 1:200 of the area of Bow in which I want to highlight the existing community centres run by Circle Housing and including illustration of which kind of activities are happening and what impact does the community centre have in the neighborhood. 4) Do you have any other props or objects that you need to locate (extra free standing objects, screens etc) and where could these go?I would like to include an hybrid chair that will be an example of ho