Northumbria University Architecture Portfolios RISING STARS: A CREATIVE PARTNERSHIP HALL THE NATIONAL TRUST Paul Ring Associate Professor

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programme of activity. The National Trust secured £3.6m from the NLHF, combined funding from the with National Trust additional and private donors to a total of for £7.8m, the – 2018 Curtain2021 Rises Project, to develop a programme of works that will improve the estates condition, visitor offer, improve its key heritage assets and reinvigorate regional and estate. the in interestnational Rising Stars is a £150k funded within the partnership £7.8m total project Curtain Rises project, pivotala plays whichrole thein development community of andeducation focusedactivity programmethrougha of design, creative arts Stars and places collaboration performance. and Rising the experimentationcentre of the partnership at and it has establishing 17 funded open projects in collaboration from 2018- 2021 to develop a rich programme of interventions and events at Seaton Delaval regional communities with Hall the estate and activate to a engage the national awareness of collaborative practice within Trust. Nationalthe November in held session, engagment stakeholder A broader the and bid NLHF the of celebtration a as 2017 projects, saw collaboration between University, Northumbria the National Trust and re on drawing a Walk of fi Vanbrugh’s Seaton Delaval the Halls Plank south facing portico (see Fig 04 - 07) as an evocative history. itsand hall thedepiction of National the how ning Partnership Creative This defi is Trust works with estate others development and programming and as is a new co-authors collaborations; future for paradigm of their “a major legacy from this creation of exciting a methodology project for creative partnership is the working, which is shaping the national agenda estates” NationalTrust otheruence and infl will (Emma Thomas, NT Seaton Delaval Hall General Manager). Seaton Delaval Hall is a National Trust estate on the North East coast of England, located less than a mile from the and approximately 20 miles east of Newcastle. As an outstandingBritish fascination example with of the the Vanburgh Palladian, designed Hall is a thefrontispiece to the story estate’s of this region’s mercantile wealth and of the cultural and industrialcance of signifi its former inhabitants, Delavals. the Since taking ownership of the National estate Trusts in focus 2009, the has been on restoration protection to and prevent loss. Recent moved to emphasis occupation has and use, with of the this formation Creative Partnership between University Northumbria and the National Trust at the centre of a Fig. 03 _ Seaton Delaval Hall | arial view of the hall, complete with its east and west wings 2. Summary 2.

Northumbria University Architecture Portfolios RISING STARS: A CREATIVE PARTNERSHIP / page 5 Fig. 04 - 06 _ Seaton Delaval Hall | Drawing (Fig. Constructing 04), (Fig. 05) and Lighting (Fig. 06) the Fire Drawing of the south facing Portico; a collaboration between the National Trust, Walk the Plank and Northumbria University

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This research redefines how collaborative practice creative and institutional partnership can to stimulate a be change of used practice that democratises conservation and heritage. The methodology to be applied work nationally within a world sets out leading organisation and other cultural a insitutions on the role open ended collaborative creative practice can play to develop establish successful heritage a funding, programme awareness of and events a to knowledge framework stimulate aquisition, for establishes educational engagement provide estate and provides a redevelopment legacy for works, the estate. Whilst setting out its own research objectivespraxis,established workthis funded open further a 17 and -ended projects for dual institutionalresearch authors collaborative to bid for and engage with. The research is and its alteringunderstandingwork collaborative approaches how the National of the value of heritage assets as primers Trust for creative and cultural practices through open ended projects. By setting out opportunities for the research work practice, has created architectural intervention and creative arts practice as a stimulant for community engagment and funding success as a collaborative, multi-disciplinaryprocess. Fig. _ Seaton 07 Delaval Hall | Fire Drawing of the south facing Portico; a collaboration between the National Trust, Walk the Plank and Northumbria University Callum by Thompson 3. Statement of Originality of Statement 3.

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Curtain Rises is a £7.8m National LotteryFund Heritage (£3.6m), National funded Trust project at the National Trusts and Seaton Delaval private Hall donor estate and Partnership contains this between NorthumbriaUniversity. outlined the Creative National Contained Trust within this is the Rising Stars Project, and the Partnership Creative funding of allocates which £150k toward 17 specific co-creation projects by the as National Trust and defined Northumbria University in collaboration. The partnership, lead by the research author and the National Trust, sets out an innovative of programme creative practice and collaborative engagement to redefine the estate as a to visitor experience define and an development of heritage alternative estates for methodology Trust the through National partnership. for the Fig. 08 _ Options Analysis one from propositions collaborative reseach project (the Story of the Hall in 10 Objects) presented to regional colleagues Trust National 4. Statement of Rigour of Statement 4.

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This Creative Partnership National is Trust redefined works specialists how and the with institutions as other estate development co-authors and programming and of stakeholders,is a new their collaborations; future their for paradigm “a major legacy from this creation of exciting a methodology project for creative partnership is the working, which is shaping the national agenda and estates” NationalTrust otherinfluencewill (Emma Thomas, NTSeaton Delaval Hall General Manager). The development and application of projects open-ended within a significant departure from the typical National Trusts collaborative partnership objectivesettingpartnership to and to approach work is a within a National Lottery Heritage Funded project. Fig. 09 _ Seaton Delaval Hall | the north facing portico, by Designs Moonlake 5. Statement of Significance of Statement 5.

Northumbria University Architecture Portfolios RISING STARS: A CREATIVE PARTNERSHIP / page 9 while [...] [...] In another room, the drunken guest would [..]. Vanbrugh’s Vanbrugh’s work was uenced heavily by infl theatre, drawing on Palladian symmetry and the proscenium arch of the theatre as key architectonic devices the for British g stately 02, 03, home 09 (fi & Seaton 12). Delaval Halls south-facing portico steps are thought to have been deliberately elongated to create an by outdoor stage Vanburgh for family performances completeg 02), with a deliberate slope(fi akin to that of a theatre, to enhance the The audience building experience. sits generously in thein landscape physical and gesture to and the more appearance, modest in and domesticaccommodation, contrast scaled learning interior from Olimpico, Palladio’s in Teatro Vicenza centres around two (1585). grand spaces The for receiving and entertaining, Hall’s anked fl interior with ornamentality. statues and baroque With each generation, the Delavals’ attention drifted from the origins of with their which it wealth could to a occupy the their reputation manner time. as They a had eccentric family customs of 18th who Century society, enjoyed hosting the a multitude more of socialite events theatrical at parties the Hall. were Lavish planned in elaborate detail, (and expensive) practical including jokes that would see guests waking up in an being upside-down exposed room to all or … “Guests would retire to their bedrooms undressing, undressing, mechanical hoists bedroom walls exposing would them in complete disarray. raise In the one bedroom there was a four-poster bed which could be lowered into a bath of cold completewater, nextroomthehandlewinding in occupants,a with by door be put to bed in the dark and awaken in the morning ceiling.” himselfthe apparentlyndon lying fi to […] (Seaton Delaval Hall Spirit of Place; National 2018) Trust, Originating from France, the granted Delaval Family lands were around England as Seaton part of William after the Conqueror’s army travelling in 1066. Wealth to later followed through the of discovery coal on their lands Ralph Sir uence. and socialstanding great infl familyand of the Delaval’s became a in Seaton at sluice and harbour a constructed Delaval 1660 (to become known as ), creating opportunity for increased export trade coal. in The salt family and amassed great during the wealth early and 1700s, fame leading to Delaval Admiral commissioning George Sir John Vanburgh 1726) to (1664 design – a hometting befi of their standing. Thus, Seaton Delaval Hall known was as built “the and rising became glory 1955). of the north” (Askam, The family earned the title The to Gay their Delaval’s reputation due amongst Britain’s Captain high Francis society. Blake Delaval and (1692—1752) son Sir his Francis Blake Delaval (1727 shared –1771) an enthusiasm for the theatre, high society gatherings, lavishing parties and setting extravagant jokes. practical members thefamilyRevered becamehighsociety, of known for the theatrical productions at they Seaton staged Delaval Hall and at the London, Drury where Theatre in they performed Othello. a It production is of likely in that theatre Vanbrugh’s brought him earlier and career the Delavals together. Seaton Delaval Hall was home to a family stood that apart as the most notorious of partygoers all Georgian and pranksters. It is thethis generation – the ‘Gay occupancyDelavals’ - in the dramatic of house created by the playwright architect Sir Vanbrugh, that John imbues its spirit of place to mark the Englishbaroque.the pinnacleof by | top Fig. _ Admiral 10 George Delaval Sir| by Godfrey Kneller bottom _ SirFig. John 11 Vanburgh 6. Historic Context Historic 6. Thomas Murray

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Death, mostly by misfortune and excess, underminedmisfortuneexcess,and by mostly Death, the Delavals linage and the Hall After fell a into devastating re disrepair. in fi 1822, the without Hall roof for 40 years and was largely unoccupied remained for over 100 years. , one of Newcastle’s most celebrated Victoriancommissioned to architects shore remnant was cast up iron columns, later as the appropriated spolia, from Newcastle building, Central station within the salon as using a bold adaptation of the Hall. Occupied by the Earl of Hastings during the remaining years, the east wing was requisitioned during World War II to serve as prisoner a of war camp for German and Italian soldiers, adding further to the curious history of the estate. fundraisingsuccessfulNationalAfter campaign,the a Trust acquired the property and the 400-acre estate from the Earl of Hastings inIt 2009. reopened in May 2010 and has undergoing an extensive programme of preservation works to and prevent further decay. damage During 2015, Northumbria University the academics began a series of National Trust exploratory and discussions on the Hall, its future and to development. estate’s the methodologyfor a develop neighbouringresearchTheauthors Gibside workat (a National Trust estate) its develops Trust National the how shift to paradigm established an innovative heritage assets and the visitor experience (Ring, P & cant in Northumbria and Couture, wasA, 2014) signifi Universities invitation to partner with the Trust National at Seaton Delaval Hall. (Whistler, 1978) 1978) (Whistler, (Whistler, Fig. 12 _ A viewA _ Fig.12 of Seaton Delaval Hall, the north front Arthur | by Pond

Northumbria University Architecture Portfolios RISING STARS: A CREATIVE PARTNERSHIP / page 11 1. How can a methodologies collaborative for partnerships approach between institutions? educational and charities define new 2. How can a series of site-specific articulate research the embedded projectsnarratives within a place as a contributor to and narrator of its discrete spirit of place? 3. Can a series public appreciation of of heritage collaborative assets and engagement? community improve projects increase 7. Research QuestionsResearch 7.

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The research context to between the Northumbria Creative University Partnership and the Trust and National its aims are defined by research the collaborative practices within each individual project research and methodology the for developing an innovative approach overarching partnershipto institutional partnerships around heritage estates as and a creative programming for an innovative visitor experience. This includes project a to linear evaluate the meta-research partnershipinformed by in quantitative totality, appraisal as research of the practices creative being undertaken,approaches to future to partnership activity redefine nationally will; that - develop innovative cross disciplinary collaborative opportunities between Northumbria University, the community and the at National Seaton Trust Delaval Hall. - provide an innovative framework for partnership at Seaton Delaval Hall as a paradigm shift to accepted approach and to inform future partnership praxis. - develop placement/residency opportunities that benefit consultancy, both research estate. heritage the of user end the and parties projects and and community as regional - agents engage the local for change within the authorship. and co-ownership through development of the estate (National Trust, 2017) The partnership also for aims to educational define opportunities a partnership for method co-creation, experiences, working, authentic residency learning opportunity, creating the of upskilling National Trust learning. staff, lifelong and employment for preparation knowledge exchange and Fig. 13 _ SeatonFig. 13 Delaval Hall | Options NorthumbriaUniversity, National Presentation; Analysis andTrust Walk the Plank workshop collaboration 8. Research Context Research 8.

Northumbria University Architecture Portfolios RISING STARS: A CREATIVE PARTNERSHIP / page 13 (interior, anterior, exterior) of the asset to establishasset to theexterior)an of anterior, (interior, appropriateinterventionsmass,locationandformfor 14). (Fig practice creative and - Analogue and digital drawing and the modelling spatio-architectonic relationship to literature, to test the existing asset reports, and as a narrator of the papers, conditions of set the within research enquiry. analysis Secondary - surveys archaeology, exhibitions (building and precedents on related topics to the research questions. pathology, - Phenomenological research topography) through interviewing visitors about their perceptions of lived historic environments experience as of beholders artistic, and architectural, their cultural Phenomenological and social value. photography observed aura of the hall, its spaces and the patina of captures use embedded within the its fabric (Fig 15 - 17). - Generative interviews or and contextual enquiry rm to the affi end exploratory requirements. user research through - Evaluative researchfeedback on the research and through process the (formative) visitor and(summative). outcome designed/created stakeholder The formation of 17 research projects emerged from a two-year the investigative partnering institutions, collaboration an instructed development between strategic cer offi localUbiquitousthecommunityArts education and), (Lesley groups. Wood; This process employed a range of Director, research methods, namely research qualitative as an innovation to and develop outcomes collaborative that purposefully participatory include and involve the 13). (Fig processthe usersin end The Rising Stars projects both partnering instigated institutions, with a the project call board withinreceiving multiple propositions for each project and its associated fund. Embedded within inclusion of each collaborative research is methods to bring the opposing and complementary c creative and scientifi practices together within each activity. range Whilst of works the instigated are extensive and ranging broad, c from conservational scientifi research and practice, through to the design and manufacturing of artefacts, exhibitions and architecture to artworks,performance and the overarching; as ned defi written are below methodologies word, the research - Qualitative and participatory undertaken research with the public, the local community hasand been develop to how consider to stakeholders, institutional heritagetheenhance to t, benefi mutual for estatethe assets present and to improve the visitor experience as an educational and has included enrichingpublic consultation using focus groups, experience. This questionnaires, semi- structured interviews, focused workshops and exhibitions of design work (including drawings models, both estate. the for propositions physical and virtual) as - Inscriptive methods: including surveys site analysis (both and digital boundaries conditions and and site threshold, pathology, analogue) to and establish constraints, access, circulation and views Fig. 14 _ SeatonFig. 14 Delaval Hall | Point cloud capture from three- deminsional site survey scan; detail of main hall and spiral stair. 9. Research MethodsResearch 9.

Northumbria University Architecture Portfolios RISING STARS: A CREATIVE PARTNERSHIP / page 14 Taxonomy Conceptual design iterations Drawing Model-making methods Construction On-site fabrication Spatial analysis Participatoryactivities research Text-based Phenomenology research Theoretical Fieldwork Photography survey Topographic researchDesign andTrial error experimental processes design researchDesign-led research Historical research Typology experience User Diagramming Interviews/user consultation Scale modelling methods fabrication Digital analysis/study Site Visiting similar building types Fig. 15 - 17 _ SeatonFig. - 17 15 Delaval Hall | phenomenological studies of the extant interior condition of the hall; the study.

Northumbria University Architecture Portfolios RISING STARS: A CREATIVE PARTNERSHIP / page 15 “a as with architectural speculative and built site work and project specific situated situated placement agreements (Pathways to Design, 2013). design, innovate research projects have explored the unique context of Seaton Delaval Hall as a locale for a engaging community, co-creation, through practice range of disparate agents and stakeholders to create alternative approaches to outcomes for the National Trust. The partnership framework relationships with builds the National Trust upon to develop an integrated extant approach that supports in both achieving partners their objectives, particularly around knowledge aquisition. specific research For the and National Trust, the potential action to bridge gaps identified by sector-based research, as expressed within the NLHF application (National are a significant Trust, objective; Pathways to Design (2013) 2017) identifies that barriers to cultural employmentheritage industries are within increased through the partnerships of lack collaborative between education industry” and Through partnership, this research addresses shortcoming through the formation this of a specific and orthodoxythe beyond moves tailoredthatframework of educational partnerships within the creative Conservation: Conservation: for Northumbria University at Seaton over Delaval Hall several years, opportunities to offering develop knowledge, understanding unique exchange its and site-specific Cultural Management: research practice to develop site specific knowledge and understanding around venues cultural and heritage Architectural Design: propositions for the estate to develop knowledge and understanding on design site for heritage specific 19). & contexts18 authenticexperiencethrough (Fig Multidisciplinary Innovation: The research author and Northumbriaand University authorhave research The previously partnered with the National Trust at both Seaton Delaval Hall and Gibside (another prominent NorthcontextprovidingtheEngland) East estatein of to research by design work, directed placements and educational self- frameworks for University. This Northumbria relationship brings authority to the partnerships of context the positioningwithinauthors around innovative heritage asset development and brings validation to the Outcomes of practice within institutional research by design and partnership. creative partnership have developed several strands of engagement, as expressed within Lottery the Heritage National Fund application 2017): (National Trust, 10. Research OutcomesResearch 10. Fig. _ Seaton 18 Delaval Hall | the Old Brewery Adpative Reuse; a speculation to reintroduce brewing to the site within a bespoke production, cafe and retail provision Alasdair by Graham. This work informed the brief setting, context and scope for the cafe development on site, Gillatt Mosedale by undertaken Architects.

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The Creative Partnership offers located research and knowlege aquisition, opportunity for extra curricular volunteering; direct delivery; design; co-determined research projects; community participation events; of: provision thecollaborative workingandtowards multi- and disciplinary cross promote to framework A research themed work authenticexperience,developExplicit contextto skills and knowledge in evident Hall; DelavalSeatonIncreased capacityat engagement employee/volunteer offer, programme, numbers visitor and through communities regional and local to ts Benefi high-qualityof onsitedevelopment andoutreachthe activities local the for volunteering into Progressionroutes types volunteer of nition redefi a and community infrastructure local with links Sustainable opportunitiesresearchplatformShared to a and initiatives. research wider with engage streams funding shared for Opportunities (National Trust, 2017) The suite of creative practicewithin projects the partnership developed have innovative emerged brief through setting an approach deliver to authentic experience ensure and they real-life thorugh contexts an open-ended structure. the Breaking tradition of from client or stakeholder set objectives, the research projects partnership are and co-determined its by research practice authors. the Siting at such Seaton Delaval and Hall the National places Trust at the the center estate of communityengagement as an opportunity enabler and brings site specifi city to the collaborative outputs. The Creative “diversify the remove remove restrictive and by demistifyingheritage. by subjects by placing site specifi c authentic experiencesauthentic c specifi site placing subjectsby at the center of authentic the experience for framework. each It whilst project provides providing participant creative an practice heritageexplicitappreciationassets of estates.and outcomes with This engagement develops innovation as a starting point to estate allowing programming the and National development, own Trust context, its to value and re-evaluate its nationally meaning and their within regionally, the Trust as a cultural The venue. partnership places the center open-ended of the NLHF projects bid challenging (National orthodoxy at Trust, on 2017), how multi-million-pound heritage funded projects set objectives. out their This intent innovation and for creates true the creative platform boundaries innovation, of without expectation and barriers has ned the redefi both or expectation of the Delaval Hall and The nationally. co-creation approach National Trust at to Seaton partnered participation project’s through the inception, research funding, outcomes direction, and evaluation have lasting securement formed legacy a for future of collaborative have practice manifest and a culture of knowledge creation and exchange that will guide future collaborativeTrust National work. The project increases capacity for the National Trust and provides exciting innovative opportunities to approaches develop outreach. to interpretation It supports outcomes to and resolve key objectives the for National Trust around community engagement and within the critical areas cited within the NLHF bid and (National highlighted 2017) Trust by & Cultural Skills Cultural Heritage Blueprint that (2008), the heritage sector should “ entry barriers into the workforce” sector” Fig. 19 _ SeatonFig. 19 Delaval Hall | the Old Brewery Adpative Reuse; a speculation to reintroduce brewing to the site within a bespoke production, cafe and retail provision Alasdair by Graham. This work informed the brief setting, context and scope for the cafe development on site, Gillatt Mosedale by undertaken Architects.

Northumbria University Architecture Portfolios RISING STARS: A CREATIVE PARTNERSHIP / page 17 Right Fig. _ Seaton 21 Delaval Hall | Concept Diagram for the Curtain Installation Interpretation Rises Connelby Howe & Paul Ring Below Fig. 20 _ Seaton Delaval Hall | Interpretation Space adaptation for the Curtain Rises Interpretation Installation by Connel Howe & Paul Ring

Northumbria University Architecture Portfolios RISING STARS: A CREATIVE PARTNERSHIP / page 18 Fig. _ Seaton 22 - 24 Delaval Hall | Curtain Rises Interpretation Installation; a communication of the Creative Partnership to the public visiting Connelby Howe & Paul Ring Graphic timeline Founded. by Design

Northumbria University Architecture Portfolios RISING STARS: A CREATIVE PARTNERSHIP / page 19 The projects created timeframes, have dependant from complexity and scope, 1 with upon research deliverables in to each their year. 3 They are (National year Trust, 2017): individual RS1 Conservation RS1 Actionin Authentic collaborative environment and engage conservation in and the research of opport¬¬unityprovidesan the collaborate conservators withto collection. This brief from a variety of specialist areas including stone masonry, clock conservation and painting context. within a live heritage RS2 Collections Store & RS16 Spotlight Space Identification of design concerns and priorities regarding access to the collection and developdesigns for a Collections the Store and conceptsSpotlight Space. These and spaces will increase public items. access spotlighted into insights gain to to visitors allow the collection and LearningResources RS3: Activate curricular offer engagement for and regional groups. Collaboration schools, with dissemination the property families teamrecommendations for resources to for the and property design to use as community part of their school’s engagement programme. Programme Learning RS4: Design and programme of onsite and offsite activity enterprise and to engage localraise awareness of the hall schools, and the Delaval family communitiesthrough and National Curriculum focused strategies. outreach and activities projects defining Seaton Delaval projects through collaborative working The Creative Partnership has developed an innovative innovative Partnershipandeveloped hasCreative The methodology for collaborative working through the areand aligned£150k projects,total of which creation They the the platform for wider estate development. are pivotal to the development of communityknowlege focused and activity through a programme of artsperformance. andcreative design, The experimentation research at the centre through of these funded the projects, places running partnership from 2018- 2021, with each placing co-creation and community collaboration engagement as parameters for thier individual and collective and success. The projects are development themselves, outcomes and from whilst there are co-created, collaborative determined by the partnershipUniversity as being lead, Nationalensure to appropriate expertise 2017) (NationalTrust, Trust lead and knowledge or in each instance; co-lead University lead Hall as a point of context and University inspiration, and with researchers the developing concepts and delivery. their initiating Co-lead between the National Trust defining and by initiatedactivityas or consultancy develop the University to brief. outlining the National Trust lead projects ask for specific activity as defined by the Trust, that will support capacity at the property. 11. Dissemination 11.

Northumbria University Architecture Portfolios RISING STARS: A CREATIVE PARTNERSHIP / page 20 RS5: Award RS5: Proposition to consider impact and delivery of implicationsaward for young people linked to heritage activity, ciaries. with benefi and models delivery to consideration Involvement Transformation RS6: Design proposition to engage communities and visitors through a pivotal device to spirit and legacy disseminateactivity, transformational the of awareness knowledge and 33). - 25 DelavalSeatonHall(Fig at place of RS7: Spirit of Place Engagement Creation and evaluative appraisal of a diverse programme Seaton at place sustainspiritof andthe evoke activities to of Delaval Hall; ranging from soundinstallations, events. site c specifi performances, RS8: Saucy Scribbles A programme of spoken engage and written a word variety activity performative of to works. Collaborative audiences co-creation with New through writingcreativegroup. WritingdevelopNorthanda form to site c specifi RS 9: Twisted Lectures Engage potential partners, networks and stakeholders to and review develop, evaluate programme a atypical of site- activities delivery and lectures c specifi Engagement Digital RS10: Develop a collaborative interpretation of theand collections stories of development-based and innovation including the technologies, Hall through digital co-production activity and resources. interface Curate a portfolio of and digital interpretations which increases accessibility to the site. Fig. _ Seaton 25 - 26 Delaval Hall | Transformational Involvement; Initial concept sketches for an interior intervention to the hall Meryem by Ozmen. The intervention of shifting panelsTyvek illuminates as visitors move through the installationInterpretation Installation.

Northumbria University Architecture Portfolios RISING STARS: A CREATIVE PARTNERSHIP / page 21 Previous page Previous Fig. _ Seaton 27 Delaval Hall | Transformational Involvement; Section drawing for an interior intervention to the hall Hattie by Keel. The intervention learns from the geometry of the existing interior as a wrapped information envrionment. Collaboration with GT3 Architects. Fig. _ Seaton 28 Delaval Hall Interior | of the hall.

Northumbria University Architecture Portfolios RISING STARS: A CREATIVE PARTNERSHIP / page 22 Fig. 29 -33 _ Seaton Delaval Hall | Design Involvement; Transformational Installation Visuals for the visitor information fixtures Hattie by Keel and GT3 Architects.

Northumbria University Architecture Portfolios RISING STARS: A CREATIVE PARTNERSHIP / page 23 (Emma Thomas, NT Seaton Delaval Hall General Manager). General Hall Delaval Seaton NT Thomas, (Emma The outcomes from each project is situated the within estate, to provide coherence to its manufacture and outcomes, to provide community engagement and regionally visitor and education to through engage national the work regional is Nationally, shared institutionally and with curriculum activities. paradigm.heritageothera estates as The creation of a publication through a linear meta- research project will situate the research contribution at a national level and enrich defines a methodology engagement to HEI’s through and other stakeholders for the partnerships National Trust. The with collaboration redefines the estate experience as through a its collective visitor outcomes and has instigated cultural change in how the National Trust creates a more sustainable model for its estates as a location for and a facilitator exchange. of knowledge collaboration and “Through this project, … we have been able to enact a cultural change in approach which is wide reaching … and one that is focused upon longevity, increases resource and capacity and confidence creates around a culture the working as a critical practice for future of development benefits to work” partnership RS11: Story of the HalltheStory of RS11: collectionobjects,a happeningsof circumstancesCurate or through a designed artefact or architecturaloffer insights device into that the history of Seaton DelavalSpirit Hall of and Place, through collaborative partners, engagement visitors34). local the& andcommunity 33 (Fig with Interpretation RS12: Imogen Cloet and Niall Black to work in collaboration with project teams and participatory researchers to create key aspects of the interpretation plan, includinganimation. film and/or Histories Oral RS13: Curatorial and and participatory based community based, property of research collection a how practice to define specialist Oral Histories are defined, archivedshared.and created, collected, RS14: Work Placements The definition of two placements each year which include individualan researchproject. Dissemination and Impact RS15: Co-authored, collaborative collaborative based partnership for model a as Stars impact-basedRising research on practice, through publication and partnership dissemination within organisations and the heritagesectors. and cultural Mischief RS17: A collaboration with the propertiesResidence to Mischief disseminate Makers the in mischief halls across a range of spirittypical and atypical of visitors and place activity. online and specific site through audiences and

Northumbria University Architecture Portfolios RISING STARS: A CREATIVE PARTNERSHIP / page 24 ed. All features n all cases. cases. all n Issued Checked Date 1 : 20 20011 20011 - GT3 - 00 - ZZ - - DR A - (21)0001- A1 Preliminary This information has been based upon information supplied by third third by supplied information upon based been has information This guarante be cannot accuracy its such as and parties are approximate and subject to clarification. i dimensions figured Use drawing. this scale not Do Check all dimensions on site. Report any discrepancies to GT3 Architects before proceeding. Rev. Description Newcastle 01912817700 Nottingham 01159470800 www.gt3architects.com [email protected] NationalTrust DelavalSeaton Hall Elevations South & North GT3 PROJECT NO: DWG NO: SCALE: SHEET SIZE: STATUS:DRAWING The Avenue, Seaton Sluice, Bay, Whitley 4QR NE26

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quarterly management meetings, enhancing as appropriate, the appropriate longevity content of whilst community engagement maintaining and value. regional communities helps Connecting demystify the as a heritagemore tangible and with estateaccessible visitor experience and regional can stimulate future membership visitor engagement for the National and Trust. Through employment Delaval Hall, generation development programming and spirit planning, of place legacy work, Curtain at educational Rises Seaton and Rising Stars the have implicit intent to gaze beyond the boundary of the Through projectsthe framework design themselves. and legacy, they will serve as mechanisms to link with local infrastructure to ensure that there intelligence is and community professional expertise access, available localsupport to the projects and throughout beyond their to facilitate existence the National estate. theambitions for Trusts future Each Rising Stars project undertaken, as part of the partnership has scope beyond itself, to ensure it has individual legacy as well as contributing to the total partnership.the legacy of The Rising Stars creative partnershipsignificant a was creative StarsRising The contributor to the Heritage Fund Award of £3.6m, match-funded by the successful National National Trust and Lottery private donors to £7.8m, for the Curtain Rises Project. Providing £150k of funding for co-created, collaborative outcomes has provided a 3 year programme of engagement and practice that brings context and declaration to the reinvigoration of Seaton Delaval Hall. Providing funded worksregional creatives, individually and as for collectives has inform engage, to regioncapacitythe outreachwithin and redefine the heritage establishing estate audience collaborative whilst engagement individuals, institutions between and regional commercialpractice. creative and frontispiece year 3 a projectsStarsbecomeRising The to the wider Curtain capital Rises works Project; a conservational undertaken programme and by development of works the essential heritage, that economic, have experiential and employment significance regionally and nationally. It has created innovative art and design opportunities for regional and national practitioners masterplan, within including an Imogen estate Cloet wideBlack (Artist), (Artist), Niall Property Studio Restoration Ltd (Conservation), Hardy Mosedale Gillatt (Design), (Architecture Historic and Interiors). and (Architecture Conservation) and GT3 The creative partnership sets out practice a and framework a of collaborative exist relationship well beyond its that defined gestation can and has the capacity to seek further funding sources and income strands beyond Rising Stars, to generate a financial legacy for both the partnership to continueTrust, the relationship beyond this three- and the National fundedproject. year The project community engages and expert and advisors, who involves attend the the local 12. Economic and Societal ImpactSocietal and Economic 12.

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exciting exciting and innovative audience engagement that reflects the Spirit of Place of Seaton Delaval Hall and partnership. the for rationale the This Creative Partnership National is Trust works redefining with others how as their estate co-authorsdevelopment the and programming of and is a collaborations; future for paradigm new “a major legacy from this creation of exciting a methodology project for creative partnership is the working, which is shaping the national agenda and estates”. NationalTrust otherinfluencewill (Emma Thomas, NT Seaton Delaval Hall General Manager). Manager). General Hall Delaval Seaton NT Thomas, (Emma This research and characterise the how creative awareness partnership the of will National and engagement estate Trust with properties its activates through heritage partnership both regionally and framworks, nationally. The methodology is wide-reaching, developing an innovative that is thematic solution in approach and defines a language singular to external audiences on the significance of the particular estate to the national and regional sociopolitical contexts, to learning and of to place. The a approach sense undertaken by this research is innovative in the mannerdevelopment is by borne which out of the the creative ratherresearchemergingthanthe estate through alignment practive, pre-determineda to strategy; as open ended creative briefs. This is nationally significant as it is deployed in partnership, sharing and exploiting knowledge, in appropriate the appropriate contexts towards a renewal model for the National Trust. The partnership model employed has previous legacy from work undertaken by the within research a author Research by Design National Partnership Trust at Gibside, which with asked how heritage the asset innovations can redefine approaches to estates for land owning charities. The projects within this reviewed and framework evaluated to are identify regularly innovation best and practice to be disseminated within the project through partneringand,organisations theframework, the impact and dissemination work, national other to organisations as a model as well for as of future its own partnerships success. Thus, sustainability its legacy and is reliant to on the its partners. continuing Embedding curriculums activity benefit ensures continuity into for many national aspects of the research and the collaborative framework. research The has a significant capacity impact at the upon property increased and continues to develop 13. Significance 13.

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