PORTFOLIO

FROM VISITING MARGATE FOR THE SECOND TIME I WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN THE HISTORY OF TIME AND HOW MARGATE HAS CHANGED OVER TIME, ESPECIALLY THE BUILDINGS. YOU CAN SEE THIS IN PHASE 001 WHERE I DID A BEFORE AND AFTER OF DIFFERENT PLACES AROUND MARGATE TO SHOW YOU WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE BACK THEN AND HOW IT IS NOW. FUNNILY ENOUGH ALL THE PLACES I VISITED IN MARGATE WERE "ABANDONED" AND I GUESS THAT IS WHERE MY RESEARCH REALLY BEGAN. 

I WANTED TO FIGURE OUT WHY THESE BEAUTIFUL PLACES (LIDO SWIMMING POOL, WINTER GARDENS AND THE CLOCK TOWER) ARE STRUCTURES THAT EVERYONE GOES BY EVERYDAY WITHOUT RECOGNISING THEM ANYMORE. 

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WHY? WHY WERE THEY LEFT TO GET IN THE STATE THEY ARE NOW. IS IT BECAUSE SOCIETY HAS CHANGED AND THE LOCALS WANT SOMETHING NEW? OR IS IT BECAUSE THE YOUNGER GENERATION NOW ARE ALWAYS INSIDE PLAYING GAMES ONLINE AND NOT EXPLORING ENOUGH ABOUT THE COMMUNITY THEY LIVE IN.

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I ALSO WANTED TO FIGURE OUT WHY MINORITIES LIKE HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE LOOKED DOWN UPON IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. I WANT TO DEFEND THEM AND GIVE THEM A LIFESTYLE, A NEW CHANCE AT LIFE.

 

SO, I WANTED TO CREATE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES ARE WELCOME IN THIS CAFE/RESTAURANT AND ARE ABLE TO SOCIALISE TOGETHER THROUGH FOOD. ANOTHER THING I WANTED TO ENSURE WAS THAT THE YOUNGSTERS INTERACT WITH THE ADULTS MORE SO THEY CAN LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THEIR TOWN/COMMUNITY.

THIS WILL BE ACHIEVED BY FIRSTLY ALLOWING THE MINORITIES TO WORK IN THIS PLACE FOR A MONTH TO GAIN THE EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE NEEDED TO MOVE ON, INSIDE THIS SPACE WILL BE A KITCHEN WHERE HOPEFULLY HEAD CHEF (MASSIMO BOTURRA) WILL WORK HELPING WITH ORDERS AND TRAINING. THERE WILL ALSO BE TOILETS WITH A SEPARATE STAND IN SHOWER TO ENSURE HYGIENE AND IN THE BACK BEHIND THE TILLS WILL BE TWO WASHING MACHINES TO ALLOW THOSE STAYING THERE TO WASH THEIR CLOTHES AND KEEP THEM CLEAN. 

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ONE DAY A WEEK, THERE WILL BE A DAY WHERE THE SPACE WILL BE USED MORE AS A VENUE WHERE IMMIGRANTS WHO STILL HAVEN'T MANAGED TO GET SETTLED IN  OR HAVE NO CONTACT CAN COME IN AND SHARE THEIR HOME COOKED FOOD WITH EVERYONE AND WITH THE HELP OF MASSIMO BOTTURA, HE WILL HELP THOSE WHO WISH TO COOK THAT DISH AT HOME BY GETTING THE RECIPE FROM THOSE WHO COOKED IT WITH CONSENT. 

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THERE WILL BE ADJUSTABLE FURNITURE WHERE THROUGH OUT THE DAY THEY WILL BE NORMAL SEATING'S FOR CUSTOMERS BUT AT NIGHT THEY WILL TRANSFORM INTO A BED TO ALLOW THOSE WORKING THERE TO HAVE A PLACE TO SLEEP AND OFF THE STREETS.

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