Animation: Community Ritual Design Thesis MLA Harvard GSD 2014 Alan Waxman Advisor: Ann Forsyth Secondary Advisors Rahul Mehrotra and Subu Subramanian
Community ritual design is the practice of real time health change: the conscious mind to the beating heart of the living neighborhood.
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As community ritual is designed and practiced in time, formal spatial elements also change. Trees grow or die, flowers break through concrete or are freshly paved over. Products are produced and consumed. People are born, live, love, and die. Nothing happens in isolation, but rather in an interconnected process of change. These formal elements are indices of the rhythms of urban life, each a kind of urban heart rate. They are bits and pieces, evidences, data presents.
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Of these parts, I present four sites in detail, each as a series of small stages of change in those hope if inspiring change. These four sites, and four design approaches, make up the four chapters: Lot Occupation, Main Street Pitkin Avenue, Transgenerational Elder Space, and Youth Industry.
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Looking at in 25 sites over a period of 4 years, I have intentionally dissolved large formal change into a multitude of interconnected parts.
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In this volume I present a vision of holistic neighborhood change by imagining incremental changes Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York. Since the 1880s, Brownsville has been home to social entrepreneurship. Health and well being in Brownsville requires people to work and live together in the face of austerity - it relies upon their ability to make community ritual.
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crack epidemic
“According to the Office of Vital Statistics in NYC in 2011 and 2012, Brownsville as compared to the rest of NYC had the highest death rates from all causes, the highest cancer rates, the highest rates of heart disease and the highest rates of pre-pregnancy obesity from 20072009.” -Dr. Maybank 2014 Bkreader
Design, as it is practiced in the design of community ritual, is holistic and conscious change of formal elements in space and time.
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BROWNSVILLE’S CURRENT HOMICIDE RATE
Anti-colonial Revolution
US intentional Homicide rate per 100,000 FBI (wikipedia)
NYC Homicide rate per 100,000 (Monkkonen 2001)
Conscription
NYC intentional Homicide rate per 100,000 Large Corporations
Nationalism
Populist movement 1793
railway steel developed (first public railway in England ”Locomotion” built in 1825)
15%
Isolationism
Individualism and Multi-Nationals Civil Rights
WPA
Hip Hop
1939
1893
1847
steam engine (patent 1781) cotton manufacture developed (cotton gin 1793)
Implications: Periods of economic slow down characterized by less war, gradual rise in homicide, gradual rise in unemployment, opportunities for innovation but without great capital investment
2010 census. Community Board 16 Ocean Hill Brownsville American Homicide rate chronic disease reticence. is Brooklyn’s area of greatest per 100,000 (Fischer 2010) Pitcured are 2010 layered health indicators, primarily socio-economic status.
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(ARPANET 1960s, Apple 1976, GIS 1969)
(lightbulb demonstrated 1979)
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information technology computers developed
petrochemicals developed
electrical engineering chemistry developed
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WWII
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Gulf War
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Korean War
Vietnam War
2008
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Post 9/11 Wars
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To represent the range of activities over time I present a timeline as a score. The score is a graph of activities in which actions take place at different frequencies, different cyclical speeds. Lower frequency events are programs which happen every year for many years. They may take a whole year or semester to go through one cycle. Higher frequency events such as community group meetings, group meals, and lot maintenance regimes may go through a whole cycle of operation in a few weeks or months. The timeline helps to understand these rhythms clearly, and plan future rituals based on rhythmic convergences and harmonies.
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Although the cycle of a community ritual may happen at a low frequency, and unfold over the course of a year, or at a high frequency, happening in the span of a few days, the cycle itself has distinct stages of development. These stages are interconnected at different scales. For example, making an elaborate dinner with friends might be concieved and carried out in a single weekend. However, this gathering might be part of a larger cycle in which the friends were brought together because of the culmination of a much larger project over the course of a year. Each frequency, or each program on the score represents a full community ritual cycle. On the opposite page is a model of a cyce of community transformation. This model has been broken up in six stages based on research on community cycles around the country. The stages are: outlooking - eyes and ears open in a new approach to even a familiar place. This is often a personal journey out and in. design - envisioning how things might look differently. planning - bringing ideas together with other individuals and with groups to identify a realistic plan of action. action - everyone has something to offer in a process of building something or doing something together. celebration - sharing the bounty of the work with all. resourcing - taking stock of everyones thoughts and actions. What changed? Each of the four chapters that follow represent one larger cycle of community ritual design in Brownsville, and each page represents a smaller cycle or series of cycles within that larger cycle.
COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION and DYNAMIC DESIGN
COLLECTIVE CELEBRATION
PRODUCTS
sharing food and voice, diaogue, poetry active listening storytelling demonstration performance listening
event performance imrpovisation music dance food preparation
COLLECTIVE ACTION
PRODUCTS
motivated by group’s best qualities wood working metal working fabric working plant care cooking exercise
building construction large model fabrication clothing fabrication community garden food preparation performance, improvisation walks work-outs healthy eating meals farmer’s market
RESOURCING
PRODUCTS
data compilation programming thiking about future challenges and assessing results
data management grant writing 1. policy or environmental change 2. participation rate 3. participant satisfaction 4. observation 5. behavior change 6. health risk appraisals 7. biometric measures 8. return on investment
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drawing/ graphic design drawing urban objects perspective drawing collage adobe photoshop adobe illustrator photography adobe indesign mapping/ Site Studies zoning time zoning safety mapping safety planning adobe after effects active listening creative writing
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TRANSFORMING THE NARRATIVE FROM WITHIN
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event planning community organizing urban planning event organizing essay writing essays active listening presentations decision making specific feasible timelines microsoft word for achievable projects microsoft excel microsoft powerpoint meeting design stakeholder discussion economics
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Chapter 1: Alternative History Lot Occupation 2010-2014
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1 semester cycle
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2014
conflict resolution
conflict
youth gang occupation
2015 2011
winter festival
sharing the street treatment
2016 2012
ongoing neighborhood yearly traditions
churches and community groups partner
Made in Brownsville and Brownsville Community Justice Center Youth Design Programs
garden treatment
urban ecology program
breach
Analysis of long term data trends of education and income, sites are identified for intervention.
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Spring 2010: Encounter
2017 2013
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buildng construction
2018 2014
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garden treatment
urban ecology program
2010 2014
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conflict
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After school groups intrigued by urban ecology jump the fence and enter the site, studying the vegetation that has grown there. This begins a series of vegetational index studies which continue for the next four years. 2015 2011
winter festival
sharing the street treatment
2016 2012
ongoing neighborhood yearly traditions
churches and community groups partner
Made in Brownsville and Brownsville Community Justice Center Youth Design Programs
Summer 2010: Breach
2017 2013
protest
buildng construction
2018 2014
1 day cycle 3 day cycle 1 week cycle
1 month cycle 1 quarter cycle
1 semester cycle
9 month cycle 1 year cycle
breach
garden treatment
urban ecology program
2010 2014
conflict resolution
conflict
youth gang occupation
The site is occupied without the consent of the landowner. A contentious relationship is started with intermittent use of the site for gatherings. A garden is planted by youth as an act of resistance. After a tense week with on and off police surveillance, the fences are stormed. 2015 2011
winter festival
sharing the street treatment
2016 2012
ongoing neighborhood yearly traditions
churches and community groups partner
Made in Brownsville and Brownsville Community Justice Center Youth Design Programs
Fall 2010: Site Occupation
2017 2013
protest
buildng construction
2018 2014
1 day cycle 3 day cycle 1 week cycle
1 month cycle 1 quarter cycle
1 semester cycle
9 month cycle 1 year cycle
2014
conflict resolution
conflict
youth gang occupation
2015 2011
winter festival
sharing the street treatment
2016 2012
ongoing neighborhood yearly traditions
churches and community groups partner
Made in Brownsville and Brownsville Community Justice Center Youth Design Programs
garden treatment
urban ecology program
breach
Knowing that it is only a matter of time until building development, the landowner agrees to allow use of the site by legitimate neighborhood groups including church groups and youth organizations. They think this is a better alternative to the seemingly disorganized use of youth groups.
2010
Spring 2011: Partnership
2017 2013
protest
buildng construction
2018 2014
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breach
garden treatment
urban ecology program
2010 2014
youth gang occupation
conflict resolution
conflict
With increased use of the public space, youth groups congregate at night in the area at night and homeless gather during the day. Both draw police presence. Gatherings mirror the Occupy Wallstreet movement in Manhattan across the East River, however, in Brownsville unemployed youth are not identified with representing a new broad based frustration, but simply a dangerous underclass. 2015 2011
winter festival
sharing the street treatment
2016 2012
ongoing neighborhood yearly traditions
churches and community groups partner
Made in Brownsville and Brownsville Community Justice Center Youth Design Programs
Summer 2011: Conflict
2017 2013
protest
buildng construction
2018 2014
1 day cycle 3 day cycle 1 week cycle
1 month cycle 1 quarter cycle
1 semester cycle
9 month cycle 1 year cycle
2014
conflict resolution
conflict
youth gang occupation
2015 2011
winter festival
sharing the street treatment
2016 2012
ongoing neighborhood yearly traditions
churches and community groups partner
Made in Brownsville and Brownsville Community Justice Center Youth Design Programs
garden treatment
urban ecology program
breach
In partnerships developed through the production and maintenance of the garden, leaders come together to assess the extent of the conflict and design solutions, they make a spatial and temporal plan of the park, maximizing inclusiveness and safety.
2010
Winter 2012: Resolution
2017 2013
protest
buildng construction
2018 2014
1 day cycle 3 day cycle 1 week cycle
1 month cycle 1 quarter cycle
1 semester cycle
9 month cycle 1 year cycle
2014
conflict resolution
conflict
youth gang occupation
2015 2011
winter festival
sharing the street treatment
2016 2012
ongoing neighborhood yearly traditions
churches and community groups partner
Made in Brownsville and Brownsville Community Justice Center Youth Design Programs
garden treatment
urban ecology program
breach
The new arrangement is successful and the many different kinds of people use the park with little conflict. However, the groups actively make a point to achieve greater understanding through celebration together.
2010
Spring 2012: Celebration
2017 2013
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buildng construction
2018 2014
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garden treatment
urban ecology program
conflict resolution
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youth gang occupation
Following the success of the design solution and the publicized voices expressed in the celebration, various community groups come together to plan a street treatment. Bricks are laid blending the pedestrian sidewalk into the street. 2015 2011
winter festival
sharing the street treatment
2016 2012
ongoing neighborhood yearly traditions
churches and community groups partner
Made in Brownsville and Brownsville Community Justice Center Youth Design Programs
2010 2014
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Summer 2012: Sharing the Street
2017 2013
protest
buildng construction
2018 2014
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2014
conflict resolution
conflict
youth gang occupation
2015 2011
winter festival
sharing the street treatment
2016 2012
ongoing neighborhood yearly traditions
churches and community groups partner
Made in Brownsville and Brownsville Community Justice Center Youth Design Programs
garden treatment
urban ecology program
breach
The developer decides to end the participatory process and build low-income housing for subsidy. Meetings follow among the board and construction begins. However, the building includes community spaces inside, and, importantly, the institutional hierarchy created by the process can go on to create more change across Brownsville.
2010
Winter 2013: Development
2017 2013
protest
buildng construction
2018 2014
Chapter 2: Alternative Future Main Street Pitkin Avenue 2014 - 2015
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2014
1 semester cycle
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1 week cycle
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1 day cycle
violence
summer festival
winter festival protest
summer festival
temporary shop construction
sharing the street treatment
festivals organized and carried out on a quarterly basis
ongoing neighborhood yearly traditions
2016
2017
university collaboration, office space, and health data, garden safety space
table businesses new product
table businesses and gang operations
winter festival
2015
churches and community groups partner
Made in Brownsville and Brownsville Community Justice Center Youth Design Programs
begon partnership with school for garden use and collaborative programs
paying operators of shops and offices
occupation of site, long term permission for experimentation
parking permits necessary
table business product x buildng construction
try out table business
business meetings with other businesses
The parking lot beside the firestation, the public housing project, and close to the elementary school sharing the same block makes an ideal space on Pitkin avenue for community lead participatory development.
negotiation
Spring 2014: Negotiation
violence protest
2018
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2014
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1 day cycle
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summer festival table businesses and gang operations
winter festival
table businesses new product
winter festival protest
summer festival
temporary shop construction
sharing the street treatment
festivals organized and carried out on a quarterly basis
2016
ongoing neighborhood yearly traditions
churches and community groups partner
2015
2017
university collaboration, office space, and health data, garden safety space
begon partnership with school for garden use and collaborative programs
paying operators of shops and offices
occupation of site, long term permission for experimentation
parking permits necessary
table business product x buildng construction
try out table business
business meetings with other businesses
Building on Pitkin Avenue’s strong tradition of entrepreneurialism, push cart businesses are lured to the site. Healthy competition with neighborhoring businesses is encouraged to bring more customers from across Brownsville to this particular corner. With business partners, a plan is identified and followed with incentives.
Made in Brownsville and Brownsville Community Justice Center Youth Design Programs
negotiation
Summer 2014: Occupation
violence protest
2018
9 month cycle 1 year cycle
2014
1 semester cycle
1 quarter cycle
1 month cycle
1 week cycle
3 day cycle
1 day cycle
violence
summer festival
winter festival protest
summer festival
temporary shop construction
sharing the street treatment
festivals organized and carried out on a quarterly basis
ongoing neighborhood yearly traditions
2016
2017
university collaboration, office space, and health data, garden safety space
table businesses new product
table businesses and gang operations
winter festival
2015
churches and community groups partner
Made in Brownsville and Brownsville Community Justice Center Youth Design Programs
begon partnership with school for garden use and collaborative programs
paying operators of shops and offices
occupation of site, long term permission for experimentation
parking permits necessary
table business product x buildng construction
try out table business
business meetings with other businesses
With the support of the elemntary school, the firestation, and local businesses, gardens are built in the lot, bringing young children into the zone of Pitkin Avenue. The brick wall still separates the garden space from the shopping space on the street.
negotiation
Fall 2014: Activation
violence protest
2018
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2014
1 semester cycle
1 quarter cycle
1 month cycle
1 week cycle
3 day cycle
1 day cycle
violence
summer festival table businesses and gang operations
winter festival
table businesses new product
winter festival protest
summer festival
temporary shop construction
sharing the street treatment
festivals organized and carried out on a quarterly basis
2016
ongoing neighborhood yearly traditions
churches and community groups partner
2015
2017
university collaboration, office space, and health data, garden safety space
begon partnership with school for garden use and collaborative programs
paying operators of shops and offices
occupation of site, long term permission for experimentation
parking permits necessary
table business product x buildng construction
try out table business
business meetings with other businesses
With the Brownsville Chamber of Commerce and the City of New York, a street treatment is planned through a series of neighborhood charrettes held close to the site. The pedestrian space of the sidewalk is widened and the aesthetic of pedestrian use is improved by a articulated stone sidewalk.
Made in Brownsville and Brownsville Community Justice Center Youth Design Programs
negotiation
Spring 2015: Street Treatment
violence protest
2018
9 month cycle 1 year cycle
2014
1 semester cycle
1 quarter cycle
1 month cycle
1 week cycle
3 day cycle
1 day cycle
violence
summer festival table businesses and gang operations
winter festival
table businesses new product
winter festival protest
summer festival
temporary shop construction
sharing the street treatment
festivals organized and carried out on a quarterly basis
2016
ongoing neighborhood yearly traditions
churches and community groups partner
2015
2017
university collaboration, office space, and health data, garden safety space
begon partnership with school for garden use and collaborative programs
paying operators of shops and offices
occupation of site, long term permission for experimentation
parking permits necessary
table business product x buildng construction
try out table business
business meetings with other businesses
Brownsville design and construction teams come together to design and build shop buildings and a courtyard garden connecting the housing building and the school playground nearby.
Made in Brownsville and Brownsville Community Justice Center Youth Design Programs
negotiation
Summer 2015: Development
violence protest
2018
9 month cycle 1 year cycle
2014
1 semester cycle
1 quarter cycle
1 month cycle
1 week cycle
3 day cycle
1 day cycle
violence
summer festival
winter festival protest
summer festival
temporary shop construction
sharing the street treatment
festivals organized and carried out on a quarterly basis
ongoing neighborhood yearly traditions
2016
2017
university collaboration, office space, and health data, garden safety space
table businesses new product
table businesses and gang operations
winter festival
2015
churches and community groups partner
Made in Brownsville and Brownsville Community Justice Center Youth Design Programs
begon partnership with school for garden use and collaborative programs
paying operators of shops and offices
occupation of site, long term permission for experimentation
parking permits necessary
table business product x buildng construction
try out table business
business meetings with other businesses
A festival all along Pitkin Avenue celebrates the new space produced through collaborative planning, design, and construction. The courtyard is a moment of cool and peace on a warm and vibrant fall afternoon.
negotiation
Fall 2015: Celebration
violence protest
2018
Chapter 3: Alternative Future Transgenerational Elder Space 2014 - 2015
9 month cycle 1 year cycle
2014
1 semester cycle
1 quarter cycle
1 month cycle
1 week cycle
3 day cycle
1 day cycle
violence
summer festival table businesses and gang operations
winter festival
table businesses new product
winter festival protest
summer festival
temporary shop construction
sharing the street treatment
festivals organized and carried out on a quarterly basis
2016
ongoing neighborhood yearly traditions
churches and community groups partner
2015
2017
university collaboration, office space, and health data, garden safety space
begon partnership with school for garden use and collaborative programs
paying operators of shops and offices
occupation of site, long term permission for experimentation
parking permits necessary
table business product x buildng construction
try out table business
business meetings with other businesses
Situated along a stretch of Pitkin Avenue with very little pedestrian avenue the parking lot of the Langston Hughes Projects is vacant and dangerous. The high population of elders in the public housing projects make a movement to celebrate vulnuerability on the street by extending a transgenerational space to the streetside.
Made in Brownsville and Brownsville Community Justice Center Youth Design Programs
negotiation
Fall 2014: No Elder Space
violence protest
2018
9 month cycle 1 year cycle
2014
1 semester cycle
1 quarter cycle
1 month cycle
1 week cycle
3 day cycle
1 day cycle
Spring 2015: Envelope
conflict resolution
conflict
youth gang occupation
2015
winter festival
sharing the street treatment
2016
ongoing neighborhood yearly traditions
churches and community groups partner
Made in Brownsville and Brownsville Community Justice Center Youth Design Programs
garden treatment
urban ecology program
breach
A simple tent serves to demarcate the transgenerational space. The structure stands as a sign to gangs that they are in the presence of those who not only unwilling to fight, rather they are young, old, and respected.
2017
protest
buildng construction
2018
9 month cycle 1 year cycle
2014
1 semester cycle
1 quarter cycle
1 month cycle
1 week cycle
3 day cycle
1 day cycle
garden treatment
2015
conflict
conflict resolution
winter festival
sharing the street treatment
2016
ongoing neighborhood yearly traditions
churches and community groups partner
Made in Brownsville and Brownsville Community Justice Center Youth Design Programs
youth gang occupation
This outdoor transgenerational space becomes a favorite spot for group meals and cookouts, especially on days of other gatherings such as Sabbath.
urban ecology program
breach
Summer 2015: Transgenerational Elder focused space
2017
protest
buildng construction
2018
9 month cycle 1 year cycle
2014
1 semester cycle
1 quarter cycle
1 month cycle
1 week cycle
3 day cycle
1 day cycle
Fall 2016: Building breach
urban ecology program
garden treatment
2015
conflict
conflict resolution
winter festival
sharing the street treatment
2016
ongoing neighborhood yearly traditions
churches and community groups partner
Made in Brownsville and Brownsville Community Justice Center Youth Design Programs
youth gang occupation
With the success of the transgenerational space, community groups and developers come together to build a translucent indoor-outdoor building that allows elders and children to see outside and allows these populations to be seen in full light to those who are on the street.
2017
protest
buildng construction
2018
Chapter 4: Alternative Future Youth Industry 2014 - 2015
1 day cycle 3 day cycle 1 week cycle
1 month cycle 1 quarter cycle
1 semester cycle
9 month cycle 1 year cycle
2014
use cycles and programs for tent space
2015
special program
tree planting
gang issue
gardening
plaza construction
fall harvest festival
summer arts festival
building sculptures school collaboration
work shop and plaza maintenance sharing the street treatment
2017
fall harvest festival
summer arts festival
gardening
building sculptures
2018
festivals organized and carried out on a quarterly basis
occupation of site, long term permission for experimentation
ongoing neighborhood yearly traditions
2016
partner with housing project
begon partnership with schools, Made, and Brownsville Partnership collaborative programs
paying operators of shops and offices
parking permits necessary
table business product x buildng construction
gardening
building sculptures
site investigation
site investigation
A series of maps identify the location on Sutter on the L lineof a series of lots and area zoned primarily for industrial purposes. Adjacency to the biologically rich railroad trench and the scrap yard make this area perfect for an experimental youth industry hub.
Made in Brownsville and Brownsville Community Justice Center Youth Design Programs
Winter 2014: Finding an Industrial Site
buildin
1 day cycle 3 day cycle 1 week cycle
1 month cycle 1 quarter cycle
1 semester cycle
9 month cycle 1 year cycle
2014
use cycles and programs for tent space
2015
special program
tree planting
gang issue
gardening
plaza construction
fall harvest festival
summer arts festival
building sculptures school collaboration
work shop and plaza maintenance sharing the street treatment
2017
fall harvest festival
summer arts festival
gardening
building sculptures
2018
festivals organized and carried out on a quarterly basis
occupation of site, long term permission for experimentation
ongoing neighborhood yearly traditions
2016
partner with housing project
begon partnership with schools, Made, and Brownsville Partnership collaborative programs
paying operators of shops and offices
parking permits necessary
table business product x buildng construction
gardening
building sculptures
site investigation
site investigation
The site is claimed through art. A youth group lead by designers builds scrap art on the site, either with or without permission from the land owner.
Made in Brownsville and Brownsville Community Justice Center Youth Design Programs
Summer 2015: Sculptural Occupation
buildin
1 day cycle 3 day cycle 1 week cycle
1 month cycle 1 quarter cycle
1 semester cycle
9 month cycle 1 year cycle
2014
use cycles and programs for tent space
2015
special program
tree planting
gang issue
gardening
plaza construction
fall harvest festival
summer arts festival
building sculptures school collaboration
work shop and plaza maintenance sharing the street treatment
2017
fall harvest festival
summer arts festival
gardening
building sculptures
2018
festivals organized and carried out on a quarterly basis
occupation of site, long term permission for experimentation
ongoing neighborhood yearly traditions
2016
partner with housing project
begon partnership with schools, Made, and Brownsville Partnership collaborative programs
paying operators of shops and offices
parking permits necessary
table business product x buildng construction
gardening
building sculptures
site investigation
site investigation
An art practice is established through the garden. By building sculpture and also establishing biological systems, the site is both claimed and cared for. The case for youth management of the property is now easily made.
Made in Brownsville and Brownsville Community Justice Center Youth Design Programs
Fall 2015: Maintenance Established
buildin
1 day cycle 3 day cycle 1 week cycle
1 month cycle 1 quarter cycle
1 semester cycle
9 month cycle 1 year cycle
2014
use cycles and programs for tent space
2015
special program
tree planting
gang issue
gardening
plaza construction
fall harvest festival
summer arts festival
building sculptures school collaboration
work shop and plaza maintenance sharing the street treatment
2017
fall harvest festival
summer arts festival
gardening
building sculptures
2018
festivals organized and carried out on a quarterly basis
occupation of site, long term permission for experimentation
ongoing neighborhood yearly traditions
2016
partner with housing project
begon partnership with schools, Made, and Brownsville Partnership collaborative programs
paying operators of shops and offices
parking permits necessary
table business product x buildng construction
gardening
building sculptures
site investigation
site investigation
Because of site contamination annuals are avoided, however, an orchard is established that will produce clean fruit. The orchard forms part of the long range industrial and architectural plan for the site and its workshops.
Made in Brownsville and Brownsville Community Justice Center Youth Design Programs
Summer 2016: Orchard Industry
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1 day cycle 3 day cycle 1 week cycle
1 month cycle 1 quarter cycle
1 semester cycle
9 month cycle 1 year cycle
2014
use cycles and programs for tent space
2015
special program
tree planting
gang issue
gardening
plaza construction
fall harvest festival
summer arts festival
building sculptures school collaboration
work shop and plaza maintenance sharing the street treatment
2017
fall harvest festival
summer arts festival
gardening
building sculptures
2018
festivals organized and carried out on a quarterly basis
occupation of site, long term permission for experimentation
ongoing neighborhood yearly traditions
2016
partner with housing project
begon partnership with schools, Made, and Brownsville Partnership collaborative programs
paying operators of shops and offices
parking permits necessary
table business product x buildng construction
gardening
building sculptures
site investigation
site investigation
The plaza is established as the center for youth lead industry in the area. Young people come to the area after school and all ages com e and work or teach throughout the day. The plaza becoemes site for performance and imaginative practice.
Made in Brownsville and Brownsville Community Justice Center Youth Design Programs
Fall 2016: Industrial Plaza
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