Posted On July 12, 2019
The Factory Challenge
This week G&T joined The Factory arts venue project team in Manchester to offer a week’s work experience to a group of Year 11 students from five local Manchester schools, down on site at one of the city’s most exciting developments.
In an exciting, creative week based at The Factory site offices, the students spent the week designing, engineering, costing and digitally constructing an intimate venue that could host one of Manchester’s most innovative acts. Working with, and supported by all members of the project teams, the students went through the design process from start to finish, submitting their own designs for a 150 person (standing) venue on a site adjacent to The Factory. At the end of the week, each team presented their ‘pitch’ to a panel of professional judges from Manchester City Council and Manchester International Festival (MIF), who gave them feedback on their ideas.