LIST OF SPACES
Finished products and improvements
c
Silks Making Process: preparation and weaving
a
b
A, B
Colour dyeing Room and equipment storage
A, B
Space for drying the dyed silk
A, B
Transfer from cone to spindle
A, B
Prepare the warpc
A, B
Shuttles and spindles storage Weaving room
Additional spaces
A, B
Fabric storage Pattern Design Studio
A, B, D, I, F
Souvenirs shop
A, B, D, E, F A, B, C
Playing with pigmente
C, D, E, F, I
Playing with scrap thread or fabricf
C, D, E, F, I
Garden
Story-telling corner Children’s works display space The House
A, B, D, F
Transfer of dyed thread to coneb
‘The Nostalgic Walk’
f
The Passive**
Pigment storagea
Weaving classroom
e
Benefits to Gen Z
Raw thread storage
Workshop/ activity aread
d
Parties involved The Active*
Silks Making Process: colour-dyeing
CURATED ACTIVITIES and INTER-GENERATIONAL REL ATIONSHIPS
Name of space/ Function
G A
*The Active - instructor, demostrator, the party who pass on the knowledge. **The Passive - knowledge receiver, observer, participant etc.
Gen Z
Ban Krua Resident
Parents
Staff
A
Learn to appreciate local heritage, the traditional handicrafts
B
Increase their attention span (Short attention span as a result of exposure to technologies)
C
Muscle development, eye-hand co-ordination - skills which children need for writing later on.
D
Learn to share, interact with others
E
Learn to be responsible for cleaning up, tidying up, putting things away (e.g. learn to put their toys back into storage boxes at home)
F
Learn names of colours and shapes
G Improve observational skills for science - through activities such as examine trees, feel its bark, and draw picture of it) H
Raise their self-esteem - when their creativity is valused, children feel valued people, as part of the society
I
Improve inventive skills, creativity, and imagination. e.g. a boy wonders what happen if he were to paint with three paintbrushes
A, D H
Food preparation area and The Kitchen
A
Accommodation
A
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