Underlying Program Goals:

// lead students in HANDS-ON construction combined with a design studio education in order to discover new intersections between design and fabrication.


// foster a COLLABORATIVE studio environment such that students engage more fully in a dialogue with their peers, practitioners, context and communities.


// implement architecture, design and the making of space to catalyze POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE and stewardship of our built environment.

June 19, 2008

06.22.08 workflow

sunday 11-6: KS + AP + BG + JC + LG + ...

BOXES
01 stripping with two options:
01.1 acetone nail polish remover
02.2 brillo pads or eq.

02 remove plastic crates from wood sheathing
03 paint interior with final coat with roller

FORMWORK
04 finish coring and inserting security cable sleeves

CANOPIES
05 verify on-site measurement
06 verify sleeve locations

STENCIL (thursday)
07 laser-cut remaining frisket panels


i'm out of town this weekend, disperse my chicken stipend amongst yourselves

May 28, 2008

South End Garden Tour

http://southendgardentour.org/index.html

SELROSLT is sponsering this garden tour -June 21st. $16 in advance, $20 the day of. I am going to see if we can get in on this - maybe have people tour the site and we might be able to make a presentation/ask for donations.

Is anyone interested in doing this?

Thursday/Weekend Workflow

wed.28
1.01 Lisa will be fabricating stencils for the memory concrete at the BAC
1.02 6:30pm Wes to visit site and confirm post location/collar sizes

thurs
.29 - 6:30pm [becca, charles, janine, andrew confirmed]
2.01 Sew/Grommet Canopies. Reinforce corners and Bias tape
2.02 Complete one + canopy and take away to be brought to site

sat.31 - 11am - 6pm [kyle, charles confirmed]
3.01 Kyle to pick up ply strips and blocking from BAC/materials prior to site
3.02 Site Work:attach sandwiches to BenchC, install runners/plumb
BenchA, install pipe security line for Bench B. Confirm boxcrate completion.

sun.01 - 12am -6pm [kyle, charles confirmed]
4.01 Kyle to pick up all remaining materials at the BAC before 5pm
4.02 Site Work: Install pipe line in Bench B and C, Level bench C, Attach
cleats throughout. Calculate additional plywood required.

action items:
5.01 Wes - post detail drawings and coordination with John by friday morning
5.02 Andrew/Lisa to develop formwork drawings for stage slab
5.03 All- bring volunteers!

to purchase:
liquid nail for forms
rent pasload nailer for Sunday

please confirm your availability for the weekend/other thoughts by commenting below!

May 24, 2008

by the way..

..we're still on for tomorrow! the plan remains 10a-5p

71 degrees and sunny, 85% chance of deep-fried goodness

May 22, 2008

graphic standards..

..who'd've thought?!?
(btw, that's from an office copy that older than me and kyle...)

an added treat, pics from last week, our 'last week'
home early on a thursday!

cg

May 16, 2008

Design Proposal Uploaded!

All-
A newly added pdf of our complete design proposal can be found on the PUBLIC sidebar. It contains renderings of the design as well as assembly diagrams and the memory concrete proposal.
cheers,
K

EDCO Grant Awarded

I'd like to share with the team and all of our BAC volunteers that the BAC designBUILD program has been awarded this year's EDCO grant for Spring 2009's building materials and course development!

May 13, 2008

box knock-out

is anyone available over the next two days (tues/wed) to spend some quality time with the yet-to-be-sanded-and/or-mudded white boxes in the studio. after taking a few to the site on thursday, the team noticed that they could use a little more love before starting with the red coats.

i'm available to pitch in the evenings (7:30-on)

i think we're getting to the end of what we can do in the studio (janine - maybe an update on the sails?) so it's bye-bye basement, hello awkward tan lines!

Nomadic Canopies, mock-up session - Spring '09

Frederick Douglass Peace Park Amphitheater, rendering - Spring'08