My project aims to respond to Chatham’s historical creative industry by developing a 24-hour music space that celebrates various genres. Chatham’s music culture has declined over the cumulative years, which was viewed as an opportunity for the basis of my creative direction. Music is an important component of society allowing groups of people to express and define themselves that connects a range of people old and young – a place of free expression and fun. The youth crime rate in Chatham is extremely high, fostered by deep-rooted social issues one being the lack of services targeted at the young demographic and is not only an issue in Chatham but also globally.
Most musicians are challenged with aspects of their career from promotion, branding and music editing. Therefore, creating a series of spaces that support musicians such as recording rooms, a graphics department and media content studios helps develop their careers. One of the challenges with this project is the transition of spaces for different types of performances as each genre of music has specific needs and functions of a space. Therefore, I aim to address these issues through modular design and paper waste production to produce pulp mixture, creating forms for differentiating performances providing an acoustic barrier and music genre aesthetics. To allow the space to adapt to inevitable changes as music evolves.
” Style is a way to say who we are without having to speak ” – Rachel Zoe