Peace Park to be featured in Toronto Exhibition

The upcoming exhibition "Carrot City: Designing for Urban Agriculture," held at the Toronto Design Exchange (DX) beginning Feb.25th will:

'show how ideas from other countries can be integrated into the Canadian experience. The exhibitions will contain a mix of realized projects and speculative design proposals that illustrate the potential for future design that focuses on food issues.'

New Semester/ New Website!

I'm pleased to announce that we are gearing up for the Spring 2009 semester UdB worshop. The project will be to design and construct a nomadic (traveling + temporary) canopy shared between two clients that address the parameters of two(+) sites.

check back with us at the beginning of the semester! And Be sure to Check out the BAC Studio Lottery on Thursday, January 15th in Casseri Hall.

Peace Park Opening!

Folks,

I've just uploaded some photos from yesterday's party (left side of the page - click on the celebration album or click here)! Thanks to everyone who came out, and to the students, neighbors, and volunteers who helped make it all happen!

tuesday night mockup

getting ready for the big show on Saturday!

Fredrick Douglass Peace Park Opening Celebration!

Folks,
Here's the schedule for this weekend's events! Please see the toolbar to the left for a downloadable map/directions. Can't wait to see you all on those benches!

2:00 PM - beginning festivities

2:00 PM Tuffus Zimbabwe Funk

4:00 PM Speeches

5:00 PM More Live Music

7:30 PM film: Fredrick Douglass

8:30 PM film: Coming to America


BBQ begins AT 2PM, and is a $5 plate donation to the project and to the park

Update!

Y'all,
We had a great weekend capped off by a BBQ contest (three way tie!) Charles, Jason and Lisa began polishing the bench tops and we have 90% of the form-work removed. Next week we'll pour the cement slab for the stage, fit the canopies for the posts, and do some work on the box crates. For now, check out the photo album (starting here) for some delicious food and a pretty solid outing with the benches in use!

How To: form-work removal

Folks,
Lisa has put together a great guide for removing the 'void' form-works embedded in the benches. This should be reviewed by everyone before this weekend, and will serve as a guide to the process for anyone who wants to get some extra work done this week! Thanks Lisa!

Please see the guide located on the sidebar under student materials

Concrete Photos (by lisa!)

Everyone - thanks for a great day on friday! I've posted (half) of Lisa's photos into the blog's album for all to marvel!
they start here in the album