New Venue for Goole

Tuesday 25 August 2009

Open Day

The open day on Saturday was a great success with 142 members of the public having a tour around the site all of whom were impressed with the facilities on offer.

Alongside this were Sculptureworks who were starting consultation for the Set in Stone Project. This project will work with 20 community groups to create pavers for the covered walkway based on Goole's heritage. They will be holding open sessions during September, more info on that soon.

Saturday also saw a performance by Faceless Theatre Company and young people from Goole of 'Conference of the Birds' a fabulous performance congratulations to all who took part.

Tuesday 18 August 2009

TRAILBLAZER THIS SATURDAY...

JUNCTION presents...

A 'trailblazer' event in advance of the venue's opening in November...

CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS

An outdoor theatre performance on Saturday 22nd August, at 2pm in Wesley Square. Young street theatre enthusiasts have been attending workshops everyday this week to create Saturday’s performance, which will be free of charge. The street performance, entitled Conference of the Birds, is a heady display of costumes, masks, music and movement. It is a funny, poignant and epic journey, telling the story of a group of birds who pluck up the courage to leave all they know behind and undertake a dangerous journey in a quest for change!

JUNCTION OPEN DAY

There will also be a series of tours around the site of Junction, the town's new arts venue. Tours will take place between 1pm and 4pm and anyone interested in seeing the building as it nears completion can sign up on the day. It's also a chance to ask any questions you might have about the project and find out about ways in which you can participate. Tours run from the building's entrance on Wesley Square / Paradise Place. The open day will also provide the opportunity to enquire/sign up for particpation projects such as Electric Youth Theatre, Vocalise singing group and a brand new Rock Music Workshop series...

YOUNG FILMMAKERS

In addition to the performance and site tours, local filmmaker Sheena Holliday will be working with two young film enthusiasts to document the show and to get local people’s responses to Junction on film. Beth Rae and Becky Stothert, who also participate in Electric Youth Theatre, will be working with Sheena to film local people talking about the venue, about the day’s performance and about the future of the town as a regional hot spot for culture and community. Beth and Becky will be learning some of the ins and outs of video and sound from Sheena, and asking passers by, participants and local shoppers to say a few words on film. The resulting footage will be shown at the launch of Junction in November.

Saturday's events are FREE and are NOT ticketed.

For more information people can contact the town council on 01405 763652

or pop into the council offices on Gladstone Terrace.

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Friday 26 June 2009

We have lift off!

We have lift off!!

This week contractors from the company fitting the lift have been on site, and took 2 days to fit the lift which will take you from the ground floor level to the first floor. At first floor level you will be able to access the Community Room and the Auditorium Balcony.

The lift will now not be used until opening (we wouldn't want the painters and decorators spilling paint in it!!)

We are still scheduled for hand over of the site in October and are looking for an opening day on Saturday 7 November.

Tuesday 16 June 2009

Gates Commission final opportunity

After a few weeks of consultations, Sculptureworks have nearly completed the ideas for designs on the gates.

So here is your last opportunity to have your say. Sculptureworks will be on Goole Market this Saturday 20 June from 1pm - 4pm to share their ideas so far.

Consultation sessions have taken place with: children aged 0 - 5 and their parents at Kingsway Childrens Centre, children and young people from Electric Youth Theatre and Vocalise singing group, young people from the Youth Inclusion Project, Art and Design students and History students from Vermuyden School, Year 1 and Year 5 from Marshlands Primary School, Goole Town Council's key stakeholders, Arts and Crafts group at Waterways Museum.

Electric and Vocalise 'doodling' their ideas

Year 5 pupils from Marshlands Primary School

Embossing with Waterways Arts and Crafts group

Art and Design Students from Vermuyden School with Bernie from Sculptureworks

Monday 8 June 2009

We need your ideas!

Art on The Gate

We need your ideas, themes, stories, dreams . . .

Goole Town Council has commissioned an artist from Sculptureworks to work with the local community to design and make gates that will form part of Junction, the new venue on Wesley Square.

As you can see Sculptureworks have a good track record of designing gates and fencing and incorporating local history, architecture and story.

We would like to invite you to come and met the artists to talk about your knowledge of the town and ideas for inclusion on The Gates. We will be holding an information event on Wednesday 10 June 6pm—8pm at The Gate Theatre, Dunhill Road, Goole. There will be a short presentation by the artists followed by an opportunity to talk the artist, or get creative and have a draw!

For more information on the project contact Nicola Dixon at Goole Town Council on 01405 763652 nicola.gtc@btconnect.com

Monday 18 May 2009

Gates Artist Appointed

We have appointed two artists to work on designing and fabricating the gates at the side of the building. Bernie Rutter and Denis O'Connor start community consultation this week, first meeting members of Boothferry Family and Local History Group. They will then work with around 8 community groups to get ideas to take forward to the final design.

Members of the public can have an input too, we are holding a consultation session on Saturday 30 May 10am - 4pm on a stall in Goole Market, come along and meet the artists and give your ideas. The final designs will be ready during June and we will hold another market stall for members of the public to come back and have a look. More information on that soon.

Wednesday 22 April 2009

Artist Commission advertised

We are seeking an experienced visual artist to work with our Goole’s community to create designs for wrought iron/galvanised steel gates. The gates will be located at the front and back of the new arts and civic centre ‘Junction’ which is due to open in Autumn 2009. This building will replace the existing Gate Theatre and Goole Town Council offices in a multi-use building. The gates are very visible in a central area of Goole, and therefore a perfect opportunity for a public art commission.

Artist fee £5500 (to include 20 sessions community consultation, design fee and all artists personal expenses) plus a fabrication budget of £15000

Full artist brief, including information on how to apply is available from Nicola Dixon, Goole Town Council, 17 – 23 Gladstone Terrace, Goole DN14 5AQ. 01405 763652 nicola.gtc@btconnect.com

Closing date for applications 12 noon Wednesday 29 April 2009. The successful artist would start May 2009, with completed design by end of June 2009.

What will the new venue provide for Goole?

The main auditorium will seat around 170, in much more comfort than we currently have at The Gate. Here, you will be able to watch films (using a cinema quality 35mm projection system), see theatre, music and dance events, much like at The Gate. The seating will also fold away to provide an open floor area, suitable for rock bands and other events (bowls,
anyone?).

There will be a cafe/bar in the foyer, a large separate workshop room for all our classes and smaller events and upstairs, meeting rooms and offices.

Scheduled to open in autumn 2009, we will begin planning a host of events for the first season. If you have an idea for this, do get in touch!

BREEAM M14 - Publication of building information

BREEAM M14 – Publication of building information

BREEAM is a measure of environmental impact and this project is currently achieving a rating of Very Good. Final certification is completed a year after opening. Publishing the information below is part of our BREEAM score and follows the criteria laid down by the Building Research Establishment:

a. BREEAM Rating and Score (Uncertificated at present)

Very Good – 67.16%

b Basic Building Cost £/m2

£2,262

c Services Costs £/m2

£468.26

d External Works £/m2

zero

e Gross Floor area m2

1045m2

f Total area of site – hectares

0.156ha

g Area of each type of function space m2

Auditorium 304
Foyer, circulation and corridors 168
Workshop room 106
Café/Bar & kitchen 95
Offices 79
Community room 77
Toilets (public & staff) 60
Stage and other stores 48
Plant room & gallery 43
Technical gallery 26
Dressing rooms 24
Meeting room 15

h Area of circulation m2

86m2

i Area of storage

48m2

j % area of site to be used by community

81%

k % area of building to be used by community

All areas except technical gallery & plant room, offices, meeting room, kitchen and stores, ie 77%

l Predicted electricity consumption kWh/m2

31

m Predicted fossil fuel consumption kWh/m2

160

n Predicted renewable energy generation kWh/m2

zero

o Predicted water use m3/person/year

For office staff: 9.6m3/person/.year
For building users: 0.6m3/person/year

p % predicted water use to be provided by rainwater or grey water

zero

q A basic description of the project

This project aims to revitalise the centre of Goole and its Victorian Market Hall and bring culture into the heart of the town. The site was previously occupied by an undistinguished warehouse style building, which was occupied by market stalls. Falling tenancies in the market threatened its viability, so these traders have been relocated to the imposing Victorian Market Hall and the empty building extensively re-modelled to create a new facility, business opportunities and jobs for the town and area.

The new building will also house Goole Town Council, which will sell its existing buildings to part-fund the new facility.

r A basic description of the building

The heart of the building is a mixed-use, flexible auditorium. Seating up to 170 in theatre style but also capable of tables and chair or clear-floor layouts, the venue will be used for live events such as theatre, dance, children’s events and music of many sorts as well as having full 35mm projection facilities to enable a second-run film programme.

The ground floor will also feature a café/bar area, ticket office and reception for Goole Town Council and a large workshop room where arts activities and hires will take place. The remainder of the ground floor is occupied by an external, covered walkway which will connect Paradise Place to the Victorian Market Hall through a covered external Community activity space.

The first floor of the new building will house a balcony level to the auditorium, council offices and a large room for community and council use.

s The key innovative and low impact design features of the building

The design includes aims for environmental sustainability, with low energy usage in terms of global responsibility and ongoing running costs being generating factors for services design, with an emphasis on natural ventilation and low energy lighting. As much of the existing building as possible is to be retained, including the concrete slab and the portal frames.

Reduced-flow taps and waterless urinals, substantial insulation and the use of natural floor coverings (eg rubber) over synthetic where possible all contribute to the building’s low impact design features. Energy control systems will automatically turn off lights and water usage when no activity is detected.

t The steps taken during the construction process to reduce environmental impacts ie innovative construction management techniques

Site Storage/Water Pollution

- All storage of materials, chemicals and fuel is in designated areas away from any water course.
- Bulk items are delivered to site in ‘just in time’ deliveries to ensure the site does not become congested and would reduce the amount of waste through neglect or misuse.
- Building chemicals would be stored in clearly marked containers in a secure store and only used by operatives trained in there use.
- All fuel on site will be stored in lockable tanks or secure flam boxes and all plant on site will be fuelled in a designated point on site away from any water course. When empty, full tanks will be delivered to site and the redundant tank removed to avoid spills.
- Fuel and chemical spill kits will form part of the site manager pack.

Air Pollution

- All efforts will be made to ensure the risk of air bourn pollution is at an absolute minimum.
- Where possible all cutting and nuisance activities resulting in dust will be done away from site and the appropriate cut materials delivered ready to use.
- Where this is not possible, dust inhibiting methods will be used such as water feeds to disc cutters and damping down of areas that may create dust.
- All skips will be covered over to reduce and eliminate the dust created from waste products.
- All operatives and subcontractors using the site will be made aware of the requirements through the site induction process and brought to task should this fail.

Water Usage

- Where possible, all materials requiring water addition will be brought to site and the water content recorded on the delivery notes, i.e: Concrete and Mortar.
- Where this cannot be achieved, water consumption will be monitored through a metered supply and this will be posted in the site office on a month by month basis.

Material Recycling

- All timber used on site is supplied from a sustainable source that forms part of the FSC accreditation.
- We have re-used timber formwork used on a previous site for forming the lift shaft walls and we will where possible look at re using timber products throughout the project.

Waste Management

- Waste materials will be separated on site into three different areas, (timber, metal and inert waste).
- All waste materials will be collected by our designated waste collection contractor and passed again through a recycling process.

Energy Consumption

- All site hutments are electrical mains fed and are metered to allow monitoring of energy consumption.
- To ensure no energy is wasted, it is a company standard that all lighting remains on a timer switch so when not in use or when the site is closed there are no lights left on.

Staff Awareness

- All staff, subcontractors and visitors are inducted on their first day to site and made aware of what is required of them and what our targets are in relation to the aforementioned topics.
- All staff working on the site under direct control of GHS are inducted to include the above and in addition have to work in conjunction with our company controls. Each member of staff is given an allocated section of work to progress and within that have their own responsibilities to ensure our targets are met.
- All subcontractors on site are encouraged to follow our guidelines set out above and are reminded of their responsibilities not only at induction stage but also at our pre start meeting and with tool box talks. All subcontractors are encouraged to make use of our materials segregation and asked to remove from site any specialist material waste that cannot be segregated at site level.
- All visitors to site are reminded of our responsibilities and asked to contribute all be it on smaller scale.

u A list of any social or economically sustainable measures achieved/piloted

The project aims to increase sustainability of arts provision in the town by increasing earned income through ticket sales and hires of facilities
The project aims to increase the sustainability of Goole Market by creating an enhanced entrance way and increasing footfall to this part of the town centre.
The project will create jobs and training opportunities
The project will contribute to the regeneration of the town centre, as part of the wider Goole Renaissance prospectus.