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Lothar Goetz - Hope Street XChange

We were given a look at the new building that has been opened as part of a 6 Story Enterprise and Innovation centre that is operated by the University of Sunderland. The building is part of a £10million development of the area which offers even spaces, commercial offices and workshop spaces, and also the Fab Lab which has been relocated from Shackleton House. There will also be a Café that is soon to be opening which will also be open to the general public. Whilst the building was being renovated, the architects kept a focus on keeping as many of the features of the Grade II listed building that were left behind and blending it in to the modern section including exposed bricks and beams. The reason in which we were given an insight to this building is because of the featured art work inside the building was designed and fitted by Lothar Goetz who is a part-time student tutor to the Fine Art students.

The basis of the designs he created for the building were from three new drawings that he worked with the architects and their plans to decide on the placements. Lothar said that the plans from the drawings changed most days so that he could make them fit into the spaces and have the stretched effect that he was set on having. The shapes all had to be drawn on to the wall with chalk strings and to help speed up the process he hired some assistants who were aware of his style of work. He had originally wanted to be able to involve some students with the project but because of all of the building work going on it was not permitted by the committees. Lothar admitted that it was quite challenging at times when it came to lining and measuring all of the shapes across the walls and ceilings so they would match perfectly.

Once all the lines were marked out he would individually tape and paint each shape with Swiss Acrylic Paint that was mixed with varnish so that the colours would appear as vibrant as possible, but to also stay durable over time with wear. He applied the pain with rollers so that the end appearance was smooth and consistent.


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