NATIONAL COVID-19 LOCKDOWN UPDATE (5 November 2020):

In light of new COVID-19 regulations for England, which came into force on Thursday 5 November 2020, our buildings Knowle West Media Centre (Leinster Avenue) and KWMC The Factory (Filwood Green Business Park) will be temporarily closed from Thursday 5 November for a minimum of four weeks.

We hope to reopen our spaces for small-group activity and pre-arranged visits in early December and will provide more details as soon as we can.

The Block West pavilion will not be accessible while the KWMC building is closed.

For full details about changes to the KWMC programme visit our website here.

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Looking for an outdoor space to have a creative or community meeting?

The Block West pop-up pavilion is available for you to book as a meeting space for a morning or afternoon slot.

Maximum of six people allowed at any one time.

Free Wi-fi is available and there are accessible toilets on site at Knowle West Media Centre. If you need additional seating you can use the deckchairs located to the left of the front doors, please return after use.

Please bring your own refreshments, e.g. tea and coffee.

If you'd like to find out more about the space, please contact Gail on 0117 903 0444 or email Hannah on hannah.clark@kwmc.org.uk

About Block West

Block West is a temporary pavilion that showcases adaptable building systems and people-friendly technology that can help communities collaborate to create the spaces, homes, and places they need.

It was designed by Knowle West residents following a series of online workshops during COVID-19 lockdown. The parts were manufactured in community-based digital fabrication space KWMC The Factory, using a CNC (computer numerical controlled) machine. A crew of local people assembled the blocks into the pavilion in under 10 days in September 2020.

Block West will be in the grounds of Knowle West Media Centre (KWMC) for several months and is open to the public for booked visits, in line with COVID-19 safety rules.

Block West is part of the Making Together project, which is a collaboration between Automated Architecture (AUAR) Labs from The Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, Knowle West Media Centre, and We Can Make Knowle West. For more information visit https://kwmc.org.uk/projects/makingtogether/

Your Information

When you reserve a ticket for this we will ask you to provide some information to us, which will be stored on Eventbrite. We ask for the name and e-mail address of the ticket booker so we can keep in touch with you about your booking.

We ask you about the kind of activity you're running and the number of people you're bringing with you to make sure use of Block West complies with COVID-19 health and safety guidelines.

If you would like further details about how your information is used, how we keep your information secure and your rights to access the information we hold about you, please contact us on enquiries@kwmc.org.uk or 0117 903 0444. You can also view our full Privacy Policy online.

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