RURAL ART HUB

Rural Art Hub, is an artist and community-led studio founded by Joseph Schneider. They radically explore creativity and are rooted in sustainability.

In August 2022, I was chosen to participate in an ongoing community project, helping to re-imagine the shippon (Cow Barn) creatively while retaining its rural heritage. Through a short design residency with other Architecture students, I gained a deep appreciation for the Rural Art Hub. I saw the value that it had on the locals, and the power of art, experimentation and expression

After the trip, some of the students and I worked on submitting an application for funding a design for the shippon. A concern that Joseph had was that during the winter months, the space was inhabitable. So together we came up with a future-proof temporary solution to create an adaptable interior space within the constraints of the shippon, with locally sourced and reusable materials. The smaller space meant that it could be more easily heated, and was functional over the winter. I then went back in November to help to start off the build with 2 other students.

1:1 construction no matter how small is such an empowering tool, and through it I was able to develop relationships with the people there.

The space has since been developed, used, and adapted and dissembled to meet the ever-changing uses of the space, as intended.