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3438525-228600Sir John Maxwell SchoolThe Vision January 2019Objectives of the ProjectThe objective is to enable the renovation of the School and its grounds to create a financially self sustaining centre for small businesses which will also have some community use and benefit What kind of Business?The full range of businesses will be catered for (self-employed, private companies, social enterprises) with an emphasis on crafts and trades to reflect the history of the school and of Pollokshaws and the relative lack of such accommodation in the Southside of GlasgowAccommodationThe aim will be to create flexible spaces which can accommodate a mix of types of units plus some shared and communal spaces. The possibility of an extension will be considered. Depending on design options, space availability and cost these may include: Small one person units /shared spaces /open plan desk spacesLarger small business unitsStudios (arts/crafts/music-may need extra services)An exhibition/sales/market space/gallery A cafe/canteen Training spaces/classrooms/meeting room Gardens (plus roof garden if roof redesigned)Small Car Park/Bike Station/Charge points History /heritage element /art gallery Crèche?Gym? (indoor or outdoor)Green energy/solar Link through to Burgh Hall and Pollok ParkAnnexe 13438525373380Building on the historyThe original Industrial School established by Sir John Maxwell on the site was for the poor children of Pollokshaws-95252333625“boys were taught tailoring, carpentry, and shoemaking, each boy becoming proficient in one of these trades. Boys under seven years of age were taught to knit while girls were instructed in sewing, knitting, and the various aspects of housekeeping. Both sexes were also taught practical gardening on forty plots of ground” (Pollokshaws : A brief History by Jack Gibson 1980)Pollokshaws was an industrial suburb. There are records from 17th c of a cooper (barrel maker), cordiner (cord and rope maker), clothier, blacksmith, maltman (ale maker), glover, skinner. mason, and wright (carpenter). Also listed are eight handloom weavers.Later the burgh was a centre of weaving, bleaching and dyeing,(Greenbank Dye Works) tanning, cotton, linen, and, thread manufacture, brewing, engineering, paper, and pottery. There were two cotton mils and a large pottery (Victoria Works) in Cogan Street set up by David Lockhart and Charles Arthur in 1855)-95256362700Bengal Cloth - Bengal St which runs alongside the School is named after a web of cloth produced by home loom weavers Annexe 2What Kind of Business Centre? The theme will be around education, training, crafts, trades, design and innovation, both in traditional skills (eg textiles, pottery, brewing, stonemasonry, carpentry, metalwork, printing), and new skills (architecture, IT design, industrial design, music/instruments, baking/cooking, landscaping design, photography, film)40005001790700This will be attractive to start ups, plus move on from start ups, Art School and University graduates, newcomers to Glasgow, and home workers wanting shared space and networking. As well as flexible spaces they will have the advantage of shared resources (IT, office equipment, cafe/canteen/ meeting rooms), networking and an exhibition space/market hall for showing off work/sales. David Lockhart and Charles Arthur Bowl from the original Victoria WorksThe education/training aspect will be developed through visits to businesses/ open days, volunteers, assistants, secondments, internships, and apprenticeships as well as talks, classes and courses in various subjects.32004005828665The aim will be to build Partnerships with, for example, the Art School, Strathclyde University and Glasgow Colleges plus Glasgow Schools (Glasgow Clyde College has courses ranging from Construction, Energy and Building Services, Fashion and Textiles, Horticulture, Graphic Design, to Musical Instrument Making) There will a strong link with Pollok Park (gardening, arboriculture, wood working, stonework) The Benefits to the Local Community will include open access for community use eg of cafe/canteen/gardens and meeting spaces, local education and training opportunities and spin off to local shops How much Space can we get?The CRGP feasibility study ( 2007) for a one stop shop in the school proposed 2500 sq m (27,000 sq ft) of space on 3 floors with mezzanines. A redesign could possibly increase this. An extension in the yard could add another 500-800 (if 2 storey?) sq metres (another 20% or so) Annexe 3Examples Elsewhere and Innovative Ideas we can learn from41433751057275Wasps Studios-Scotland Wasp’s studios (shown here) are good models with a number of properties across Scotland. Briggait and South Block in Trongate are each about twice the size of JM School as envisaged by CRGP (without any extension) and house 70 and 100 offices /studios respectively Cockpit Arts-London the start of their careers, as well as those who are more established, to grow with on site business coaching, selling?and promotional opportunities, as well as referral to?specialist advisors and access to finance. -1143003781425Any profit made is reinvested to offer special?Awards and Bursaries to early stage craft businesses and a Creative Careers?Programme to provide opportunities for young people referred by The Prince’s Trust and a Traineeships and Apprenticeships Programme.?Peckham Levels- London affordable space for independent businesses, artists and local entrepreneurs to work, grow, trade and learn. 10 of the studios are let at extra-affordable rates (65% discounts for local people) who otherwise might not be able to pay for membership. 15525757620000All members invest a minimum of 1 hour each week into positive local projects. They share their skills, energy and time to offer training, work experience, and community collaboration. In total members contribute more than 4,000 hours each year. ................
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