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G1 Refurbishment
The general plan of refurbishment of G1 (the main room) is to make it nicer and more welcoming.
See Also
Planning
The Plan™
Get the floor done while the lab is closed. Rip almost everything out of G1. Move in only the necessary bits.
2do
- Prep G1 for flooring people
Move everything out of the room (includes clearing the fridge, dishwasher etc.)Remove old linoleumRemove coathanger board - River- Remove small projector & shelves - Marcin
- Clean floor
Level floor - CostaCall up flooring people and pay final 50% - Marcin- Remove desk supports
- Remove lino skirting
- Inspect new shiny floor - everyone
- Order/make new tables - Costa
- Find a second sofa
- Find a coffee table
- Find nice chairs
Figure out separator/shelf- Large Ikea Kallax obtained- Order & hang notice board - Marcin
- Clean up walls
- Paint pipes and radiators and such to match walls
- Figure out better kitchen:
- Cupboards
- Utensils
- Move everything into one box
- Only communal cooking allowed for now
- Find (maybe) a designer to help - Marcin
- Research improving ventilation
- Remove wood strip from wall
- ???
Questions
- 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)?
Cool ideas
- Project show-off gallery
- Figure out a theme
- Outside hacking space
Theme ideas
- Marine
- Forest
- Cyberpunk
- Solarpunk
- Summer
- Laboratory (mad scientist type)
- Small animal hospital
- Zoo
- Tea house
- Steampunk
- Tardis!
Design Goals
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
How to make G1 Friendly
- 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
Meetings
07/03
Agenda:
- Status update - Marcin
- Covering up pipes project
- New heaters?
- ???
Cost
- Floor: 1602
Some table related stuff
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”)
g1_refurbishment.txt · Last modified: 2020-10-25 16:45 by al