status update



Mike and I met the Headmistress of All Souls Primary yesterday and it's good news. not only is she really keen that we use their roof to do a joint project for LFA, but she also really liked the ideas that we already had:


she loved the idea of a rooftop allotment as not only does the school not have any green space, but nor do most of the kids as they all live in flats locally (something that I hadn't considered up till now).


she was also very keen on the idea of providing some sort of canopy/enclosure over the roof so that they can use this space in bad weather - it is essentially the only play area that the school has and so when it rains the kids have nowhere to let off steam and it is a 'nightmare'.


the only caveat she had was that the roof must still be usable as play-space for the kids (e.g. to have small games of football, netball etc) but this is what we have envisaged from the start and just serves to reiterate that it is our intention to find supplementary not alternative uses for the roof - hence our focus on retractable structures.


finally, she suggested that it might be possible to organise a design workshop with the teachers and the older pupils to get a better idea of how the space might work etc


so, all good


jago