Awards: Round Three, July 2005: Brecon Design Centre for Wales
Brecon Design Centre for Wales
Brecon, Wales
Client
Brecon Action Ltd.
Artist
Beverley Carpenter
Project partners
Ali Thomas, Development Manager, Brecon Action Ltd.
Christopher Gledhill, Brecon Beacons National Park Authority
Buddug Williams, Community Regeneration Executive, Welsh Development
Agency
Carol-Anne Davies, Director, Design Commission for Wales
PROJECT Award
Team Building Award £15,000
Value of design phase
£32,000
Estimated value of construction phase
To be confirmed
Project description
The Brecon Design Centre is an ambitious regeneration development proposal
initiated by Brecon Action Ltd to re-focus the town and provide new
impetus and support for cultural and creative industries. The Design
Commission for Wales is enabling an expert appraisal workshop to engage
stakeholder commitment and evaluate potential sites for the new centre.
The PROJECT artist would join this process and identify
potential design contributions and solutions. The Chief Executive of
Brecon Beacons National Park who is fully supportive of the proposals
for the Brecon Design Centre endorses the project. Similarly the Community
Regeneration Executive of the Welsh Development Agency also pledges
support and will work with Brecon Action to see the project develop
to its full potential. Brecon Action is enthusiastic about working with
an artist. This is led by a Project Manager who is also an award winning
ceramicist acutely aware of the professional development needs of artists,
designers and makers and the economic status and potential of the creative
industries in Wales which will benefit from the establishment of a design
centre in Brecon. The Welsh Development Agency and the National Assembly
of Wales fund Brecon Action.
Further details
Ali Thomas, Development Manager, Brecon Action Ltd.
T el: 01874 625425; Email: [email protected]