The building’s main use is a community workshop to give space to all creative activities, that have no space elsewhere.

The lack of space many people have at home. Also learning from the community, helping each other with the own knowlegde and spare materials. Encouraging young people to explore the world of craftmanship. Supporting and showing artists. Inclusion of all ages and genders. Creating a community.

Working with my own hands and natural materials is my own personal definition of play. Also this kind of space I created, is something I missed in this area. Many people probably do not have enough space or equipment at home to realise their dreams of making art or repairing furniture that broke. I want to give space to all these activities.

Many have a very clear picture in their mind: Playing is something that mainly children do. This year’s brief intended us to challenge that perspective.
We started the first term with a precedent study, where we looked at playing from the architect’s perspective. We analysed buildings regarding their idea of playing. In the following primer project, we set the focus on game mechanisms. After general research and analysis as a group, we focused on our interests, which laid the foundation for the game to be developed ourselves.
The second term introduces the third and concluding part of the year and is dedicated to the final project: designing at least a two-story building on Spike Island whose function corresponds to the own definition of sustainability and play. Therefore I combined conceptual ideas from the case study with my interest in materiality. The final result is my community workshop that includes all ages and genders, giving space to artists, students, and older people to develop their skills, teach their knowledge, or just enjoy and buy other people's work in the exhibition hall.

I am convinced of my project in general, although I would have liked to explore all of my spaces in greater detail. Due to the time I had to prioritise.