A big week for the team
Sophie Nash is Project Officer for the Westonbirt Project. She organises the logistics of the project, working with architects and project managers for various elements to deliver the works.
As soon as we received the Heritage Lottery Fund decision, back in November, we started to plan the tender for the interpretation within the Welcome Building.
This week we will be selecting a design company to help us to deliver this key piece of work.
Before making our decision Ben Oliver, Learning & Participation Manager and I took a trip around the country looking at what others had done, mistakes they had learned from and great ideas we could borrow!
Our first trip took us north to Lancashire to see a new build, back down to Birmingham to an Arts and Craft house and out Warwickshire to a closed castle. Visiting both locations really helped us to be clear about the use of interactives both hi and low tech and our writing style.
Our second trip out took us across the country to Hampshire, via Forest Research in Farnham to drop off some soil samples, and back out to Buckinghamshire.
Our first stop was an exhibition about Captain Oates. Although the exhibition contained interesting information, I learnt I have a hidden skill as I happily carried an old potato on my feet around the room, mimicking how a penguin carries an egg!
The final stop of the day was Roald Dahl’s writing hut. It was really interesting to see how we could cater for a wide age range from toddlers to adults within the same space by considering height, peepholes and positioning of computer screens.
I’ll update the blog later in the Spring with information on the selected company and our plans for the interpretation in and around the Welcome Building.
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