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interested as they were in the process of hiring additional staff to expand their
research and consultancy work. This essentially meant that Fast-uk and folly
would be co-presenting the exhibition with the roles of 'partner' and 'consultant'
being blurred. It was not felt that this would pose any conflicts.
Within a week of this meeting we had been successful in being able to secure the
Dalton Square building from Lancaster City Council (LCC) for the exhibition
and had set a timeline that this should open by the 29th September. At this
point we contacted ACE to confirm the new partnership with folly and moving
the project to Lancaster. The Dalton Square building (CityLab) was to be ready
by July and the entire building was to be available for us to use free of charge.
We decided to take over the entire ground floor for ease of access for visitors
and logistics for installation and security. As well as a series of new office spaces
this included a central circulation spine and large breakout space (see shaded
area of Figure 49).
Figure 49: Ground floor plan of CityLab, Lancaster
There was also the option of using the lobby, and the large glazed wall facing
onto the square at the front of the building (Figure 50). We determined the
exhibition should be open for not less than two weeks, and no more than four as
there were implications for the budget if we could not find volunteers to
invigilate the space during opening times.
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