Portsmouth School of Architecture (ARCH)

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The Summer Interns Programme 2009 was funded by South East Coastal Communities (SECC). SECC was established to promote collaborative partnerships between higher education establishments and community groups across the South East coastal region. The Project Office was asked to co-ordinate and manage a total of 10 undergraduate and postgraduate ‘Interns’ for a period of 12 weeks during the 2009 academic summer vacation. The aim of the project was to use the year-long St. Francis Church project as a model to carry out similar work for a total of 4 Portsmouth community clients. The students were asked to create design ideas and visionary solutions for existing buildings and land owned by each of the four clients.