Unearthing Talents in the Age of Inclusion and Diversity

Yat-Fai Fan, MArch (Year: 5)

'Everyone has talents, but not everyone's talents are understood, not even by themselves. The noble aim of People's Talent Centre is to provide self-discovery experiences and engaging discussion platforms to unearth the talents you never thought you have.' Traditional tools to examine talents today are not fit for purpose, all too often leads to overlooked and unrealised talents. Custom House, like many other demographically diverse communities are the biggest victim of such phenomenon - resulting in high rates of unemployment and socio-economic deprivation. To challenge such occurrence, this project aims to reimagine the unearthing and representation of one's true potential, in the forms of systemical provocation and architectural solution.