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Knotts, Kayak club and Brewery

Dilettanti - Person with skills and interests in multiple areas.
 
Knotts is a place to learn, collaborate and enjoy.
 
By joining two brands that would seemingly never work together, Neon Raptor a small-scale brewery and The Nottingham Kayak club I have created a proposal that challenges the constraints of traditional commercial design. 
 
The proposal is delicate to its sites history and inspired by its context, I kept in mind the sites original purpose to design something that felt connected.

Kimberley Thomas
Student name
Kimberley Thomas
Course
BA (Hons) Interior Architecture and Design
Contact
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@kimberleyaminthomas
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The intimate seating area, snuggled behind the central bar and enveloped in oak wood, this space provides an escape for the user, I imagine this area to be used by parents waiting for their children who are having kayak lessons or by the local who enjoys the Neon Raptor beer but doesn’t particularly want to take part in the full experience of Knotts.

The intimate seating area, snuggled behind the central bar and enveloped in oak wood, this space provides an escape for the user, I imagine this area to be used by parents waiting for their children who are having kayak lessons or by the local who enjoys the Neon Raptor beer but doesn’t particularly want to take part in the full experience of Knotts.

The central bar, this is the core to this proposal. The brewery journey user can see and get excited for the final part of their journey, the anticipation leads up to this moment. The central bar has views out onto the moore and the teaching space creating a point where both journeys collide

The central bar, this is the core to this proposal. The brewery journey user can see and get excited for the final part of their journey, the anticipation leads up to this moment. The central bar has views out onto the moore and the teaching space creating a point where both journeys collide

The brewery, the spectacular wow moment of this proposal. Here the users of the brewery journey can experience the smells and sounds of the making of the beer they are about to drink. The user gets a glimpse into the workings of this product which creates a connection between the consumer and the product.

The brewery, the spectacular wow moment of this proposal. Here the users of the brewery journey can experience the smells and sounds of the making of the beer they are about to drink. The user gets a glimpse into the workings of this product which creates a connection between the consumer and the product.

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