Since the construction of the first prototype ‘ House That Kevin Built’ in 2008, we have, with our students, been designing, re-designing and developing new methods and systems of sustainable construction.
15 Aug 2013
While the site has been quiet for a the past few months, across the faculty we have been actively working on ideas for the new building and how we will work together with our neighboring communities and schools to create a place for sharing and exchanging our ideas, skills and resources.
The ‘Art College’ (a.k.a the Faculty of Arts) is often described in the city as a ‘well-kept secret’ and this, among many new projects, is one of the many ways we aim to unlock that secret.
Since the construction of the first prototype ‘ House That Kevin Built’ in 2008, we have, with our students, been designing, re-designing and developing new methods and systems of sustainable construction and new ways of using materials in order to create a renewed and contemporary example of changing ideas that are advancing each year.
Now we are preparing to create a new prototype and a long-term living experiment that will, once constructed, continue to be a site for experimentation and for exchanging knowledge within the college and with those businesses and communities who wish to work and engage with us. The building will be an innovative place to visit as well as provide a studio for our postgraduate students and within which we hope to develop new relationships with businesses, the public sector as well as with social and cultural groups that stimulate shared working and shared learning.
We are already working in partnership with the City Council, with MEARS construction, with Deeks & Steere and with our many cultural partners, to create new ways of working together more creatively, effectively and productively.
We wish to ensure that we provide our students with the best opportunities to meet and to showcase their ideas, creativity and many talents.
We invite you to join us and contribute your resources, expertise, skills and knowledge to stimulate sustainable development, enhance the creative economy, and encourage intergenerational learning for communities across the city and the region.
We aim to complete the building by December 2012 and to open the building to the community and for public activities in February 2013 as a new way of welcoming our many communities into the university.
