CONNECTING BIRKENHEAD

THE CANVAS

LIVE PROJECT

CANVAS- FACT liverpool

The FACT is a charitable organisation, seeking to convert the 3rd floor space, an area greatly underutilised and to transform it into an immersive gallery, spaces for learning and work which is underpinned by a positive, collaborative atmosphere.

The initial project budget is £100,000 however this is expected to be increased tenfold once specific criteria defined by the Arts Council is met. FACT is a globally recognised organisation in digital technology and academic development attracting famous artists from around the world.

The project must incorporate four fundamental spaces, a room for fully immersive digital art room (including tech such as green screens and VR & XR), a work environment for in-house staff members, a workshop for both artists and children and finally a ‘Social Hub’ a key space that unifies all other spaces. Spaces need to be flexible and multi-purpose as rooms will rarely be fully occupied for prolonged periods of time. Areas such as the terrace is not an efficient use of space and needs to be re-purposed.

The re-development of the floor area and specifically the toilets is an essential condition for the funding. The re-development must consider safeguarding for children and the elderly, people of all ages and backgrounds can come to immerse themselves in the FACT Gallery.

Canvas is referred to as “a strong, coarse unbleached cloth made from hemp, flax, or a similar yarn, used to make items such as sails and tents and as a surface for painting ”.Canvas can thus be visualised as a surface for art creation. The project is titled Canvas for the spaceserves as a base for any art creation in FACT. The space created is flexible and mutlipurpose in order to house multiple activities.

Project information:

SLATERSTREET

fact locaion

HEATHFIELDSTREET

FACT gallery sits in the intersection of Wood street and Back Colquitt street in Liverpool city centre. The curved facade of the building is accentuated in Wood street and it houses many other attraction in the vicinity like bombed out church, Liverpool Cathedral, Great George square, walkable distance to liverpool city centre.

SLATER PLACE SEELSTREET

SLATER STREET

PARRSTREET BACKSEELSTREET

RisingBollards

Art House

Square Rising Bollar d P RisingBollards s

St Peter's Square

BACK COLQUITT STREET BACKSEELSTREET SEELSTRE

FLEETSTREET WOODSTREET SQUARE ROPEWALKS BOLDSTREET ROSCOEPLACE RENSHAW STREET Air Shaft TCBs

PC igimapFACT

SECONDARY SPACES

Section 1-1’

Section 2-2’

HOUSING PROJECT

DINGLE -TOXTETH

Manure to manifold is the housing project attempting to create diversity in dingle by having feasibity for different type of families to live in one place.

The site is located at dingle surrounded by mill street and harlow street on two sides and hosuing units on the rest of the sites. the concept is contextual based as in the observation during study it was that the houses were concentrated towards small families and thus it was driven towards a similar group of people living in area.

Manure to manifold is a step taken to integrtae different type of families ranging from couple to families with six people in it. thia projects acts as manure to manifolding dingle with varieties of families living under one roof.

CONCEPT EVOLUTIVON

TYPE-1 Private green space with abuting commercial shops Type-2 The apartments facing the street with green space acting as buffer zone between harlow street and apartments Type-3 The apartment block housed at the rear end of the plot with accentuated green space