PROJECT 04 THE ACTIVIST INTERIOR SAMANTHA LI The Activist Interior deals with the design of an artist-in-residence studio and exhibition at the Crescent House, Golden Lane Estate, Goswell Road, London. The aim of the project is to create a complex spatial proposition which will recognise and negotiate a series of thresholds between: private and public, inside and outside, open and close. The aim is to create a customisable and transformable space which contains: a working studio area, an area to exhibit work and basic facilities for eating and sleeping. In order to accommodate the above requirements in the space given, the project focuses on observing ways to create a flexible interior which makes the most out of the restricted dimensions of the site. The design proposal accommodates changeable patterns of use where various kinds of art practices need specific requirements in space, light conditions and equipment. Therefore the project focuses on art practices of painting, sculpture, video, performance and graphic design. The Activist Interior intends to establish a controlled connection with interior and architecture for the artist-in-residence and the general public, allowing the site to integrate and become “a bit of city” (Penoyre, 2012). Whilst giving the possibility to subdivide the differences of interior and architecture when necessary. Objects are fragmented and taken apart to create form and functionality within and outside of the site. This will in effect create appropriate uses and influences in context, which are dependant on the user’s activities.
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