We presented our ideas to Penson this week. We showed them a few sketches, mood boards and some ideas for flooring. We brought in some examples from both Trulawn (manufacturers of artificial grass) who kindly posted off some samples to me and Interface Carpets. We were hoping to have some of the space covered in turf as prior to summer the area of faux grass laid down in front of LCC had been such a roaring success with students. Unfortunately we learned from Penson that large areas of synthetic lawn can be noisy in busy spaces, what a pity. On the plus side, there are some pretty decent carpet tiles, which look very similar to imitation grass.
During the meeting we asked that the following to be considered in the design:
- We wanted to keep the high ceilings, retain the original pipework and whatever parquet flooring could be salvaged
- Organic shapes and curved seating – rather than rows and rows of ‘school desks’
- Some space for student input or flexible exhibition space
- A lap top area, with power points
- Semi private working space or pods
- Place for students to use their sketch books in conjunction with software
By the next meeting Penson will have some imagery – be fab to see how they develop the design………
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