April 12, 2009
April 1, 2009
UdB Progress
schedule.
// the upcoming UNLR meeting on Thursday, April 2nd at 7:00 PM will be held at the church; United Emmanuel Holiness Church, 65 Windsor Street, Roxbury, MA 02120. The UdB is on the schedule after 7:30 PM to give all of you a chance to get there after class.
// Dream Day will be held at beginning at 10am on Saturday April 11th. We'll get out there a bit before most people to so make sure you plan to be on time. I'm buying fried chicken (kennedy's) fried chicken for lunch.
// This Evening night Charles, Ben and myself will be meeting Rob Adams, Don Hunsicker, Karen Nelson, Jim Dunn, and Art Byers, and Janet Olberto at BAC 320 at 6:15pm to review the boards for our presentation to BBNA before we walk over to the meeting. We will be back in the first hour of class tops (very short time to speak), but please make every effort to continue production on the materials for 'Dream Day.' We'll review the presentation and the direction that has been pursued in the alley with a discussion when the we come back to studio.
design developments.
Both Charles and I understand understand that many people may be in the dark - other than ban re: the latest work on the alley proposal to NABB. The last thing anyone wants is for this this to disengauge the full team or to leave all of your energy out of the process. It has happened more out of logistic necessity, but also due to an emerging revelation about the sites and how this might positively effect the outcome of the NABB presentation. While the current forms are loosely based on a larger scale of ben's light pillows, and are comprized of both 12' and 3' panels, the design is subject to a team mock-up/review during the class the evening of the Wednesday April 15th following 'Dream Day.' Moreover, we have decided as instructors that the two BAC sites are more suited to be treated as one site, in order to make our design more cohesive, our time more efficient, and to concentrate on a more powerful exhibition/block party as a product of our efforts. By treating the canopies in the alley and the gallery as 'event objects' we are activating two distinct urban conditions (both of which part of the BAC) and celebrating spaces which will truly be' joined' in one event.
Lindsay, Billie, and others who have been thinking in a similar way about the Roxbury site should share their products for dream day, and everyone should examine next steps for their research roles as we meet tomorrow. get pumped folks. logistically it's been hard to juggle the politics of each of these sites, but they are all important steps to design/build (half of the battle and energy is 'approval' for a general term).
Its time to throw down and build..
KS//CG
// the upcoming UNLR meeting on Thursday, April 2nd at 7:00 PM will be held at the church; United Emmanuel Holiness Church, 65 Windsor Street, Roxbury, MA 02120. The UdB is on the schedule after 7:30 PM to give all of you a chance to get there after class.
// Dream Day will be held at beginning at 10am on Saturday April 11th. We'll get out there a bit before most people to so make sure you plan to be on time. I'm buying fried chicken (kennedy's) fried chicken for lunch.
// This Evening night Charles, Ben and myself will be meeting Rob Adams, Don Hunsicker, Karen Nelson, Jim Dunn, and Art Byers, and Janet Olberto at BAC 320 at 6:15pm to review the boards for our presentation to BBNA before we walk over to the meeting. We will be back in the first hour of class tops (very short time to speak), but please make every effort to continue production on the materials for 'Dream Day.' We'll review the presentation and the direction that has been pursued in the alley with a discussion when the we come back to studio.
design developments.
Both Charles and I understand understand that many people may be in the dark - other than ban re: the latest work on the alley proposal to NABB. The last thing anyone wants is for this this to disengauge the full team or to leave all of your energy out of the process. It has happened more out of logistic necessity, but also due to an emerging revelation about the sites and how this might positively effect the outcome of the NABB presentation. While the current forms are loosely based on a larger scale of ben's light pillows, and are comprized of both 12' and 3' panels, the design is subject to a team mock-up/review during the class the evening of the Wednesday April 15th following 'Dream Day.' Moreover, we have decided as instructors that the two BAC sites are more suited to be treated as one site, in order to make our design more cohesive, our time more efficient, and to concentrate on a more powerful exhibition/block party as a product of our efforts. By treating the canopies in the alley and the gallery as 'event objects' we are activating two distinct urban conditions (both of which part of the BAC) and celebrating spaces which will truly be' joined' in one event.
Lindsay, Billie, and others who have been thinking in a similar way about the Roxbury site should share their products for dream day, and everyone should examine next steps for their research roles as we meet tomorrow. get pumped folks. logistically it's been hard to juggle the politics of each of these sites, but they are all important steps to design/build (half of the battle and energy is 'approval' for a general term).
Its time to throw down and build..
KS//CG
March 28, 2009
March 26, 2009
sewing machine update
by an unforeseen turn of events (reading the manual), the necchi machine is back in commission. i'll drop it off at the studio on saturday for anyone who's anxious to get some sewing done!
March 25, 2009
with two sewing machines down..
..hopefully they'll get us back on our feet:
http://singersewandvac.com/contactus.htm
worst case scenario, we come out with a new machine this weekend. wish megan and i luck!
in the meantime, we've got two presentations to prep for:
BAC alley w/BBNA - Wed 4/1
UNLR - Thurs 4/2
with megan & ben leading the BBNA charge, who can lead assembling the boards for roxbury? we should plan to present them initial concepts and site strategies, with the intent to bring full scale prototypes to Dream Day, Sat. 4/11.
http://singersewandvac.com/contactus.htm
worst case scenario, we come out with a new machine this weekend. wish megan and i luck!
in the meantime, we've got two presentations to prep for:
BAC alley w/BBNA - Wed 4/1
UNLR - Thurs 4/2
with megan & ben leading the BBNA charge, who can lead assembling the boards for roxbury? we should plan to present them initial concepts and site strategies, with the intent to bring full scale prototypes to Dream Day, Sat. 4/11.
March 18, 2009
Schedule/Deadline Updates
(tonight) March 18th> With this DD Deadline, We need to meet until we resolve things to a good degree. I'd say expect to stick around until about 10pm if you can swing it. We will also pass out self evaluations and instructor evaluations to be turned in this coming Saturday to Charles.
March 21st>, Charles and Pax will be leading the class, and ideally we'll be sewing and cutting and ordering things at that point. We need a joint effort to make Saturday our first productive BUILD day.
March 25th> We will have a three hour class, with no scheduled meeting on the following Saturday. However, we will have quite a bit of work to do, and it is advised that the design leads manage the work that weekend for our upcoming deadlines....
Upcoming Deadlines:
March 21st>, Charles and Pax will be leading the class, and ideally we'll be sewing and cutting and ordering things at that point. We need a joint effort to make Saturday our first productive BUILD day.
March 25th> We will have a three hour class, with no scheduled meeting on the following Saturday. However, we will have quite a bit of work to do, and it is advised that the design leads manage the work that weekend for our upcoming deadlines....
Upcoming Deadlines:
- April 1st 6pm - Presentation to BBNA of Green Alley/Green Roof/ UdB Canopy.
- April 2nd - UNLR Meeting in Roxbury to address dream day and show our work informally
- April 11th - Dream Day in Roxbury
hardware sourcing
connections folks--
you may already know this, but there's a theatrical supply shop in the fort point channel area called 'backstage hardware' that is definitely worth checking out. field trip this weekend?
http://www.backstagehardware.com
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