the beginnings of community hobby house...

and so it begins....the start of community hobby house, dundee.

this is a fourth year interior and environmental design project by DOJ student, karen lyttle.

as part of my final project in third year i looked into the community of dundee and the idea of bringing the design and craft, skill sharing business back to the culture of the city. a city centre site was chosen for a building to be used as the central hub for this community hobby house. (perth road, dundee)

this year the project is being developed for my final year degree show. the idea of the community hobby house stemmed through the merge and changing happening in the art college. new groups were brought together in order to share the skills and facilities within the college. this caused me to think how important it is for skills to be shared both within the student community but reaching out into the wider community of dundee.

the hope is to create a multifunctional building that will involve all members of the public; old and young, rich and poor, creative and not so much! it will be a place that anyone can use, come in and see what is going on, get involved, watch, learn, share, teach etc etc

with everyone having very different hobbies my research is starting to look at the different hobbies people partake in currently, or ones that they would wish to learn. i hope that this will give me a greater idea of what facilities can be inco-operated into the community hobby house.

with the V&A coming to dundee, i feel this is a great opportunity to make the community of dundee aware of the V&A and to get them involved in the planning and functions that the exhibition centre will serve.

I aim to use this blog to keep you up to date on the design process, the purpose and facilities through to the final outcome and running of the building. (unfortunately it is all a design idea at the minute and therefore not reality. but if anyone is interested in making this dream a reality, please get in touch!)

so here we have it, the design process of the community hobby house for dundee. feel free to leave a comment on your hobbies, what hobbies you would like to participate in, facilities you feel you would like to have in dundee and any other thoughts or ideas. i will be more than happy to hear them!