The location where the participants of
the MEDS workshops retire to both relax and eat dinner every evening
has a long history and amazing presence. When the participants leave
at the end of the two weeks, a new coffee shop shall opened
here alongside a gallery and studios.
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| Feel of the dinner (photo by Masha) |
The Chocolate Factory was
the first concrete building in Dublin and
was buit as part of Williams & Wood Sweet Factory on King's Inn
Street around 1910, and the
Chocolate Factory became a place
where well known sweets such as Tomblerone, Mind Crisp and
various jam goodies were produced. Afterwards,
the building became part of Simpson's Hospital and since 1978 changed
its use to an archive and record storage.
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| The original furniture founded in the factory (photo by Masha) |
The old four storey factory is being
redesigned into a creative community
centre today. The community
centre offers space for different artists'
studios and small businesses, such as the
first rooftop "Urban Farm", which
was opened on the roof of the building two
years ago in order to try to educate people on various
horticultural techniques. The coffee
shop and gallery shall be open
during September on the first floor.
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| "Urban Farm" on the roof of The Chocolate Factory |
The intention is that the Chocolate Factory shall transform into a new creative centre of Dublin, through which positive influence shall be spread to the surrounding parts of the city.
Eliska
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