Much more than just a building project, this will be a facility unique to Churchill College, providing a “maker” space in the disused oil store next to the squash courts at the front (Storey’s Way) entrance to the College. It has been designed by the pioneering architecture collective ‘Assemble’, who won the Turner Prize for Contemporary Art in 2015, and includes Joseph Halligan, a Churchill alumnus (architecture, U06) as one of its leaders.
The facility will include workshops, both digital and traditional, with equipment to enable students to experiment with different techniques to bring artistic and design projects to fruition. To support the various projects it is intended to have a technician on hand to offer advice, skills and training. Although many University departments have their own workshops, Churchill will be the only Oxbridge College that has such a facilty for truly interdisciplinary endeavours.