mid term

wowwzers! how has this happened? its half way through the first semester already! and therefore midterm crit time which also means time for me to update you on the community hobby house.

after lots of thoughts, doodles and discussions i have decided to break the project up a little bit. one of my main aims of the community hobby house is to reach out to the community of dundee and get them involved in craft, hobbies and design. i would like to have a central hub for this but i am currently in the process of thinking how i can interact and entice the community of dundee to get involved in the building and the hobbies.

i have decided to create mini hobby houses that will connect to the central hobby home. the idea is to have these little hobby houses throughout the city acting as places that people can meet for their hobbies. as the thoughts and design ideas continued the idea is constantly developing. i want the houses to be a place that people can come and interact, no matter if they have a creative/design background or not. they will be a place of skill sharing and to find out what hobbies and activities are happening within the city.

this idea of networking hobbies is something i feel is really needed in dundee. the community of dundee are often unaware of what is happening in dundee and therefore a way of working with them and introducing them to different projects that are happening within the city is very important.

one of the main driving forces for my design project is the V&A coming to Dundee. speaking to people about the V&A and finding out that they don't know what it is worries me. this needs to change and so working the hobby houses and the V&A together to create this idea of anyone being able to get involved in design and everyone being a designer is a main aim in my project. the intention for this is to cause the community of dundee to get involved in the planning process of the V&A and ensure that it is being designed for all of the community of dundee.

through researching different design/craft centres in dundee it has been really interesting to see how many independent places there are. at the minute i am brainstorming how these can all become connected and work together and therefore benefiting each other and in turn working with and involving the community of dundee. my aim is to do this through the hobby houses.