Public Kitchen project

On the first day of semester, third year architecture and design students from the University of Tasmania were given a big assignment.
The group had four weeks to design a shelter which would then be brought to life as part of a Public Kitchen project.

Architecture student Ben Millington said the project was a “harsh jump back into uni”.
“Other classes have fallen by the wayside,” he said “It’s been really intense, but rewarding.”

Lecturers Jacqueline Power and Michael Hornblow said it was a big undertaking.
“We’ve been asked to make the shelter for a 12 metre long table which will be the focus of a program which will involve local community organisations and local schools as part of MONA’s 24 Carrot Gardens project,” Dr Hornblow said.
“We were contacted by MONA who are collaborating with Design Studio for Social Intervention who initiated the Public Kitchen concept,” Dr Power said.

“The model [the students built] will be erected at a lot in Gagebrook. “We’re now in week four of the semester, so they’ve worked really fast.”
“They’re pretty much going to start building immediately over the next few days” Dr Hornblow said.

The students presented their designs to MONA carpenter Andy Kuylaars and DS4SI’s creativity lab leader Ayako Maruyama on Monday.
Ms Maruyama said UTAS had an “amazing group of students” who had worked hard to make this shelter a reality.

The Public Kitchen project will run until March 30 at Gagebrook.