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Blackburn Central High School.

Public Art Pro ect 2011.

Stage 3 Report..2nd August 2011.

Andrew Siddall & Kathryn Hodgkinson.

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Summaryofconceptualapproachesforpublicartprojectsatthenew

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Inallofthethemeswehaveendeavouredtocreateworksthatlinkthenewschoolcommunitywithits

immediateneighbourhood,regional,nationalandglobalcontexts(andviceversa).

Thefollowingreportsetsoutaseriesofareasthathavepotentialtobedevelopedaspublicartforms

relatedtothenewschool.

o ow ngameet ngw t agroupo sta ont e u y,t e o ow ng easwerese ecte as n t a

preferencesfortheartiststodevelop.Thisreportalsocollectsandrecordsthewiderrangeofideas(see

nextpage)inrecognitionofthepossibilitiesandpotentialsthathavebeenderivedthroughdialoguewith

theschoolscommunity.

Theme1 Signposting Stairtower Sign localvisibility.

Theme3 OpeningMinds OpeningMindsPod furnitureand materialtreatments

Theme4 Interior Lighting Colourchangingpossibilities sensitiveinstallations.

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Concept1.

Signpostingtheschool.StairTowerTreatments

Drawing on the concept of visibility, the stair tower could become a visiblebeacon from the town, from the approach to the school and whilst on site acting as a the signpost for the school to the wider community.

A hi h level stri ali ned with the u er red band around the school can

serve to signal the school from a variety of directions.

Cladding panel treatments? Taking patterns and graphic ideas onto thesurface itself?

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Concept1a.Embossedmetalcladding understanding the

worldmap.

DescriptionandLocation.

sproposa crea esa mens ona em osse grap ca as

onthesteelsurfacethatenclosestheescapestairtowerat

theWesternendofthebuilding. Itmapsthecontinentsand

countriesoftheworldandrelatesthemtotimezones and

globalgeometrysuchastheequator,north,south,oceans,

latitudeandlongitude.TheartworklocatesBlackburnina

worldwidecontextandpromotesapubliclysignificant

messageofconnectivityandculture.

Above:exampleofTrimo

Artme embossedcladding

Above:proposedlocationof

artworkattheWesternend

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Concept1b.Embossedmetalcladding makingaclock

tower,weathervane,weatherstation byaddingdisplay.

DevelopedPotential.

ur er eve opmen o s ea s ocons er es a r

towerasafocalinformationpointfortheschool usinga

largeformatdotmatrixLEDscreentodisplaychanging

informationthroughouttheday suchasweather,time,

publicmessagesorabstract/creativeimage.

PublicEngagementPotential.

This air of ideas would have a si nificant im act on the wa

inwhichthenewschoolisvisiblebothbydayandnightfrom

Haslingden RoadandfurtherafieldinBlackburn.

Thepotentialtocuratethedigitalscreengivesriseto

n n emessag ng n erac ons e ween esc oo an s

community andwouldcreateacommunicativelink

betweentheactivityoftheschoolontheinsideandthe

passing/residentcommunityontheoutside.

TheglobalmapsetsBlackburnintoaglobalcontextand

allowsinformalinvestigationaswellasbeinga3dtextbookofsortsforallthecommunityandschooluserstopiece

togethertheirphysicalandculturalidentity.

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Concept1c atemporaryinstallationabovethewallon

Haslingden Road.

DescriptionandLocation.

anyo egroupswe aveme an s ene oas

questionsaboutwheretheschoolisgoingtobe.This

proposaltakesapositivestepforwardsintermsof

promotingtheschoolsphysicalpresencetotherestof

Blackburn.Whilstpeoplemaybeawarethatthereisgoingto

beanewschool,veryfewthatwehavemetwouldbeable

topinpointthephysicallocation.

Aseriesofverticalfinsthatcreateamomentonthe

landsca eascarsand edestrians assb thatalsosna s

intofocusataspecificmomentandspellsoutthenameof

thenewschool.

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Concept2.

Speaking1000words.MainEntranceTreatments.

The school have expressed a real interest in creating an especially welcoming

entrance foyer to the new building that reflects the ambitions and product ofthe schools social and academic activity.

The ro osal takes a aller a roach to the entrance, dis la in u to 1000

postcard sized images/montages each produced by one of the schoolcommunity a parent, student, teacher, supporter, governor.....

The material qualities will also be developed to create a high classenvironment that looks to combine natural stone from local contexts along

with a sensuous curved seating area that acts as the waiting area.

The reception desk itself becomes a sculptural cabinet exhibiting trophies,objects and artefacts that belong to the school.

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Concept2b.

MainEntranceFoyer.

LinkedvideoinformationfromCCTVintheschool,linkedvideo(live)feedsfromparallelplaces givingachangingperspective

ontheworld.

Alightbox wallandceilingthatcanbeachanging/pixelated wall

ofcolourorturnedtocalmandcoolcolourways.

Thinkingabouttheceilingasalightbox,oralightinstallationinitself givingasenseofarrivalandtheatretotheentrance

experience.

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Concept2c.

.Usingthedownstandbelowthecolouredbalustrade,aseriesofdigitalscreensandmatrixdisplaysthat

signalentrancesandevents orsimplyplayprogrammedcolourchangingpatterns.Combinedwitha

redmirroredsoffittoreflecttheemittedlight.

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Concept3.OpeningMinds.

Opening Minds Pod.

Enhancing the sense of antithesis that this is a really special place int he

school that is unlike others.

Looking at more relaxed ergonomically designed seating that allows users torecline perhaps alternate reclined (fixed permanently) seating with standardseatin in between.

Looking at upholstered seating elements as a whole unit including fromfloor level to padded back rest as one continuous piece.

Looking at special surface treatments gold leaf, quartz plaster, leather

floors and seats....

Wed like to develop the narrative around this space with you all.

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Thecircularroofglazing

coulditbeframeless?

Throughtogoldleafatlower

Level.

Reflective

(textured)

metal .

Polishedplasterwallinbackground pickingupreflections

fromOpeningMindspodandBlackburnlandscape.

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Concept4.

ColourChangingwalls.

One of the ideas resented b the student rou was to create a school thathas colour changing walls/surfaces depending on the time of day, weaatherand mood.

This could be developed as a light work implementing colour changing LEDstrips as a string of colour through the whole school that can be programmed

links to the external daylight lux levels/colour of the sky, timetabled events.

The staff su ested it ma eventuall su ersede the bell/alarm s stem in theschool ... Wouldnt it be great if we could shift away from having bells, sothat the colour of the school changed as each session drew to a close and it

was time to move on....

It could have many layers of subtlety whilst at the same time acting like acrude traffic/warning light system.

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