Jasmine Lee

Level 8

Serious Business!

Serious Business!” is a re-imagined community-based Cultural and Social Hub, set within an early 19th-century maize mill and grain silo building in the heart of Sligo Town. The forgotten building is given a distinct identity making it fun, playful, vibrant, and engaging.

This project intends to diversify and redefine the integrated idea of a Market and Community Hub by strategically designing a place that invites people of all types to explore, shop, eat, mingle, or contribute to creative production. Stairs and voids connecting from the ground floor to the top floor permit myriad lines of view of the interior levels. Materiality is suppressed as a silent backdrop for creativity, while playful ‘fruits-and-vegetables-carts’, pop-up stalls, and custom furniture are strategically laid across the floors, thereby providing various shopping experiences. The fluid interior layout empowers an engaging and dynamic shopping experience, whilst respecting the unique essence of the monolithic structure.

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