Client meting 01

Church approach

Our first meeting with the client (All Hallow's Church) took place today giving us a great opportunity to find out more about the organisation, its values and to develop an understanding of what was expected of us within the 6 week deadline.

During this visit we had the chance to speak directly to the Parish Council Committee (Steve, Paul, Nick, Mike, Sarah, Andrea and Pippa), listening to their personal interpretation of what they thought the building required in terms of a broader community context and the technical issues requiring attention, along with a quick tour of the building which highlighted such issues.

Entrance hall to cafe relationship Basement storage area

Building threshold Blocked access to the garden

Observations from the meeting were;

1. a strategic and focused understanding of the building and its relationship to the community is required
2. maintenance costs of the building was diminishing the possibility of community engagement
3. those who engage with the building are not from the local community (within the parish boundary) whilst the local students seem to ignore the resourcing provided by the church
4. the building is rigidly divided between secular uses from Monday - Saturday and religious uses on Sundays
5. they are in need of funding and would like some research into possible government or local grant available to them
6. wish to provide access to the garden area behind the church to avail of the views of the city
7. clutter within the building was seen as undesirable and some form of storage area or more efficient storage methods were required

Future meetings have been organised with both the Parish Council Committee and the resident artists (Trish and Simon)