G1 Refurbishment

The general plan of refurbishment of G1 (the main room) is to make it nicer and more welcoming.

• What would make hacklab awesome
• Main Room (G1) Lighting Refit
• bikeshed

Get the floor done while the lab is closed. Rip almost everything out of G1. Move in only the necessary bits.

1. Prep G1 for flooring people
   • Move everything out of the room (includes clearing the fridge, dishwasher etc.)
   • Remove old linoleum
   • Remove coathanger board - River
   • Remove small projector & shelves - Marcin
   • Clean floor
   • Level floor - Costa
   • Call up flooring people and pay final 50% - Marcin
   • Remove desk supports
   • Remove lino skirting
2. Inspect new shiny floor - everyone
3. Order/make new tables - Costa
4. Find a second sofa
5. Find a coffee table
6. Find nice chairs
7. Figure out separator/shelf - Large Ikea Kallax obtained
8. Order & hang notice board - Marcin
9. Clean up walls
10. Paint pipes and radiators and such to match walls
11. Figure out better kitchen:
    • Cupboards
    • Utensils
    • Move everything into one box
    • Only communal cooking allowed for now
12. Find (maybe) a designer to help - Marcin
13. Research improving ventilation
14. Remove wood strip from wall
15. ???

• How do we organise work to maintain social distancing?
• Should we have a mezzanine?
• Should we get a new projector screen (or fix old one)?

• Project show-off gallery
• Figure out a theme
• Outside hacking space

• Marine
• Forest
• Cyberpunk
• Solarpunk
• Summer
• Laboratory (mad scientist type)
• Small animal hospital
• Zoo
• Tea house
• Steampunk
• Tardis!

What are we actually trying to achieve with the design?

• Comfortable
• Welcoming
• Friendly
• Hackable
• Accessible
  • Sensory needs - sound and light control
  • Quiet / social retreat space
• Usable for:
  • Communal meals
  • Watching films
  • Computering
  • Soldering / social compatible electronics

• Should be a place where you'd feel comfortable recording and playing music, making and showing films, and creating art.
• Place where people want to come back
• Rugs in the lounge area

Agenda:

• Status update - Marcin

• Covering up pipes project

• New heaters?

• ???

1. Floor: 1602

Butterfly latches: Adam Hall 17370C Butterfly latch keepers: Adam Hall 17370K

we need 32 latch+keeper sets for the tables

for “docking” the wheeled divider, we need four latches and eight latch keepers (for the two “docking ports”)