02.07_Thesis Draft by Alexander Froehlich

alexander froehlich thesis proposal ay. 2012-2013 prof. howard davis

it is the intention of this project to imagine a new typology of production in the urban environment, one which enables citizens to reclaim the city for their benefit. this new agency will combine successful models of design-build construction and community design process to become a new model for production of the commons. the creation of cultural infrastructure, and new systems of resource flows will result in the restitching of the city into a resilient, locally-focused community.

“the vicious and iterative cycle, in which insecure and unrooted individuals make insecure and unrooted cities, which make even more insecure and unrooted individuals was generations in the making and will be generations in the undoing. Shifts that disrupt the unhealthy cycle are essential. This is the great challenge of our time. randalph hester [2]

spectacle superstructure symptoms (externalities)

functions infrastructure

social hierarchies

“the spectacle divides the world⋯[and] is simply the common language that bridges this division. spectators are linked only by a one-way relationship to the very center that maintains their isolation from one another.” guy debord [1]

spectacle_system

“the whole life of those societies in which modern conditions of production prevail presents itself as an immense accumulation of spectacles. all that once was directly lived has become mere representation...a social relationship between people that is mediated by images.”

Production today is defined by consumption, fueled by economic growth and debt rather than the provision of human needs and community. The “natural” system of competition and laissez-faire economics results in utterly unbridled economic inequality, social exclusion and social hierarchy. “the triumph of product over process, and form over content. It is the triumph of selective deafness and blindness over conscience and relationship” [3]

spectacle_system

growth

life systems global warming

glo

health

“quality of urban life has become a commodity for those with money” david harvey [1]

fossil fuel

habitat destruction

sustainability ity

fishery depletion

environmental injustice gmos

a idu

gmos

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racism

inflation

injustice

purchasing power

xenophobia militarism

fiscal consolodation income inequality social safety net

crises are multiple

access

surplus

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equality

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With money as the only denominator and growth as the only model, provision for the common good and sustainability become hindrances and all suffer. Agriculture isn’t about creating feeding people [4], housing isn’t about providing shelter. With the market providing the only cues for investment, we have little ability to assess real needs in the world. Success of the community and individual are defined by climbing ladders of prefabricated material options, with little room for adaptation, informality or temporality. Teddy Cruz points out that conflict occurs most frequently at the meeting of scales. This can be the realization of development decisions on the individual, or the contrasts between growing poverty rates and the top-down criminalization of homelessness in major cities. We live in the age of the “kingdom divided against itself” [5] – a fragmenting of externalities and their solutions into specialized areas of study. Politics become the only realm for negotiation, planning, and action outside of the free market.

x x

conflict at points of interaction between big/small environemenal science

agriculture

healthcare

grassroots politicians social services

free market movements and activists

fragmentation of specialist knowledge

spectacle_manifest

“throughout america, spatial policies and practices standardize the landscape to benefit dominant groups-guaranteeing profits for developers and individual property owners- while normalizing dominant values and lifestyles.” sutton, kemp [2]

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Byproducts of this system of production are evidenced in social exclusion, economic stratification, and ecological crisis. Under what David Harvey calls the “dictatorship of capital”[3] necessities become commodities

solidifies

infrastructure

spectacle_why space?

“design’s real power is that it makes relationships and divisions between people concrete. without physical stuff to remind us of how we supposedly differ from one another, our hierarchies would be awfully ramshackle; stripped of our possessions, categories like “class” start to look like just a bunch of learned behaviors and confused ideas...otherwise everyone’s claims of superiority and difference would be quite literally immaterial.” colin mcswiggen [1]

architecture and spatial practice gives form socioeconomic relationships, and is therefore “both superstructure and infrastructure”[3]. in a society with no interest in the social good of an individual, this infrastructure frequently represses the creativity of the individual and resiliency of community. built infrastructure, from washing machines to office buildings reflect our cultural and economic values and reinforce our conceptions of luxury and poverty.

spectacle_why space?

superstructure

deploys

“instead of being the unfolding of our existence and the expression of our freedom, our houses have become the imprisonment of our existence, the denial of our lives.” christopher alexander [2]

life systems l

glo

sustainability

health

creator must the be awakened...better moretoconsumers it is able to turn into pro“the sleeping creator“the mustsleeping be awakened...better more consumers itthe is able turn into producers, that is, readers or spectators into collaborators.” ducers, that is, readers or spectators into collaborators.” asger jorn [1] asger jorn [1]

ity

ivi

ind

access

surplus

equality

new interface across fragmented domains

new metrics of success

production of built infrastructure is a key part of supporting for this agency, not just with solutions to problems, but crafting products which are component part of a greater vision for social, economic and environmental sustainability for all humans.

insurvent_vison

“The city is man’s most consistent and on the whole, his most successful attempt to remake the works he lives in more after his heart’s desire. But, if the city is the world which man created, it is the world he is henceforth condemned to live. Thus, indirectly, and without any clear sense of the nature of his task, in making the city man has remade himself.” robert park [2]

citizens need a place that disputes their powerlessness in the face of global forces and interests, a place that encourages them to think critically and act on their ideas to “be the change”. for this to happen, voices must be included in the process and people must be reacquainted with the tools and skills to take part. instead of selling individuals pre-packaged solutions, this place will facilitate communities of stakeholders to collaborate on solutions which benefit from the synergy of groups

insurgent_vision

the 21st century requires a paradigm shift to one based on the community and the collective instead of the consumer and brand loyalty if humanity is to preserve its ways of life. this will be a change towards a global consciousness, but which empowers the individual to effect the change they want to see in their environment.

“in recent years, there has been a nascent movement of designers acting on their own initiative to solve problematic urban situations, creating new opportunities and amenities for the public. provisional, improvisational, guerrilla, unsolicited, tactical, temporary, informal, diy, unplanned, participatory, opensource—these are just a few of the words that have been used to describe this growing body of work.” spontaneous interventions [2]

insurgent_opportunity

interventions in the built environment are low-investment, fast, and combine many different types of local resources in a collaborative process of collaboration and improvement. community interventions have immediate utility as infrastructure but the process “usually enhances the sense of community at the grassroots level, helps overcome environmental alienation, educates and empowers the community.”[3]

insurgent_opportunity

“place matters ⋯ because it is simultaneously a source of inequality and oppression and a context of transformation and possibility.”kemp, sutton [1]

“the metropolis as a factory for the production of the common” hardt, negri [1] portland build agency is a place that will give agency to citizens of portland to affect positive change on their built environment primarily through the design and creation of new or repurposed community infrastructure.

glo

ind

.need [listen]

insurgent_proposal

will give legitimacy to and empower the voices of small neighborhood-based organizations across portland. working with governmental agencies (planning department, hud, etc.) and community groups (neighborhood associations, schools, churches), it will advocate for projects done through facility as well as being community’s lobby for longer-term planning efforts.

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glo

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x x

.resources [identify] will work with existing people and resources (design firms, non-profits, local commercial, developers, contractors, schools, etc.) to siphon existing surplus back into the community. this might include students, pro-bono services, philanthropy [cecp], business discount agreements, donations, grants, crowdfunding, etc.).

x .people [collaborate]

.facility [produce]

facilitating the connection between resources and needs, as well as overseeing the use and appropriation of agency resources to needs.

means of production. stage, architecture. scaffold for the production of goods by people, with resources, for community needs.

“an activist who doesn’t own a particular field of knowledge, but rather is interested in assessing the value of the forces that are inscribed and distributed in any given territory” cruz [3]

whether design, materials, construction skill, legal and permiting knowledge, this place will carry a mix of in-house and out-of-house resources for people of all skills and experience to draw upon.

insurgent_proposal

glo

⋯a process by which the natural flow of money in the environment, can create the environment directly and slowly, without huge portions being siphoned off in the form of profits or interest on investment.”christopher alexander [2]

[ need

resources ] x

connect

[people

empower

facility

make

]

sustain

product

.empower

.make

infrastructure_process

.sustain

combination, dialogue, understanding connect is the meeting place for ideas, people and resources, mining the collective imagination, and synergizing existing assets towards the production of common infrastructure. this is space for sophisticated pooling of problems, needs, dreams and visions in pursuit of common understanding of differences and collective action. connect will serve as a clearing house for all extraneous and unpurposed wealth and issues, compiling and collaborating. objectives are set in phases. it will produce dialogue, recommendations, and action strategies.

equip, encourage, initiate there are many barriers to project delivery under current model of production. whether it is lack of research, design, collaboration, construction or financing knowledge, many resources exist and people need to be enabled to use them. empower will provide the stage and resources necessary for people to turn project resources into useful infrastructure. this will be a place focused on learning, rather than teaching [alexander, 100], with the primary objective of inspiring action. it will produce agents of change, community champions, leaders and makers.

collaborate, materialize, manifest dialogue and reflection is trivial if not accompanied by action. this will be a space for accomplishing goals defined by community vision through the manufacture of common infrastructure. flexible workspace will accommodate collaborators of various numbers and qualifications in processes of production. space will be made for neighborhood groups, staff members and individual entrepreneurs. project success will gauged on alternative metrics, focused on how new infrastructure benefits the health and equality of the system it is made for.

partnership, reflect, grow, without careful attention to continued investment in infrastructure, community investment will wane, and the original improvement rendered ineffectual. sustain will focus on the maintenance of projects over time, establishing networks of stakeholders to observe and analyze outcomes, and plan for infrastructure improvement. this facility will maintain connection with community networks, providing administrative support, resources and maintenance services.

infrastructure_process

.connect

"...those who are not over-committed to the status quo are in the best position to take advantage of change and innovation, and this certainly applies at all scales, in all systems, natural, human and institutional. adapting to change is the most important determinant of any organization's survival." - warren bennis

educational space

out-door market

landscape

for profit

urban

private

small

long

prefab

specialized

pro bono

rural

public

large

quick

on site

standard

micro-enterprise day-labor station housing public art community garden

equipment

.variety

rennovation

infrastructure_product [range]

products will focus on projects which affect the most citizens, the quality of the effect, and those most in need. low income communities often have the most to gain, and often have the time and facility to invest in projects themselves [habitat for humanity sweat equity???] fundraising event

building

.metric â&#x20AC;&#x153;one of the problems with our economic system is that money is valued over all elseâ&#x20AC;? [jenson, 140] this will assign a triple bottom line metric to projects social, environmental, economic measuring process (joy of creativity, self-esteem, community) as well as product.

infrastructure_product [range]

facade rennovation

life systems

health

phase III

.incremental

sustainability

the ability to improve on initial infrastructure with more and better projects allows for environments of greater quality and deeper investment. unlike the typical production process, where speculation inspires action and the transaction represents the transfer of value, this method will allow for continuous reinvestment and redistribution of value as more community members get involved. conceivably, a small garden project built by students at jefferson high school could set the stage for the creation of a non-profit urban farming network across the entire neighborhood, as the project participants attract more stakeholders.

phase II

phase I

access

support role of facility Initial Cycle

growth of project in 4th dimension

surplus

equality

.feasability

solution

utility

security

need

solution

utility

security

need

solution

utility

establishment of independant networks for project sustainablity

security

investment by client

to make projects feasible at the margins, and to avoid obsolescence, projects must be seen in the fourth dimension, and planned for in such a way that they increase resource efficiency, rather than decreasing it. this depends chiefly on transparency and communication of project process, and ongoing community reflection on outcomes and potential improvements.

investment by pba r&d

marketing

sale

profit

.connect

.empower

.make

client as consumer

client as producer

[typ.]

[new]

.sustain

.connect

.empower

.make

range for each product [flex.]

.sustain

infrastructure_product growth

need

labor / materials / means

infrastructure_product growth

phasing projects in communities will increase the feasibility of lowinvestment projects, allowing for incremental involvement of different players and stakeholders as earlier project completions encourage further investment and participation. this will occur through the production of action strategies in the .connect phase; potential project paths will be plotted based on different scenarios of asset accumulation over project timelines. this emphasizes collaborative action of any scale, knowing that this action will set the stage for more projects down the road

.connect

the goose hollow neighborhood association comes to portland build agency and identifies initial interest in improving community identity and social inclusion. the agency collects neighborhood activists, community organizations and social anchors of the district and leads them in visioning for what change they would like to see. dialogue produces different action strategies for meeting desired outcomes, based on community investment and available resources.

student construction experience

dialogue with new and old residents

.empower

establishment of neighborhood dialogue

once neighborhood identity and spontaneous interaction are identified as key goals, pba will identify strategies to give citizens the skills and audacity to take available resources and form them in to community infrastructure. pba holds workshops on basic tool and construction techniques, showing people what a palm sander and a bucket of paint can do to improve the streetscape of their neighborhood, and training people to help in the build phase. children are engaged directly with the painting of a mural during a public event.

conditional use permit

neighborhood elders

infrastructure_project

.sustain

with limited initial resources, pba and the goose hollow neighborhood association decide to focus built interventions on street improvement and the beautification of key commercial establishments. pba organizes student labor from lincoln high school for the making of concrete medians and bump-outs along 20th street and madison, retired residents to direct the planting of street trees, and brings in some of it’s staff to complete “parklets” for two businesses on jefferson.

while built improvements are small, the goose hollow neighborhood association and it’s members are all more connected, and empowered by the fact that they can come together and make change. community identity is being discussed, and is therefore evolving. people now know how to have a public dialogue and are therefore empowered to choose to do it again.

parents at day care

neighborhood elders

local skilled craftspeople

infrastructure_project

.make

construction training for residents

establisment of neighborhood non-profit

use of recycled materials dialogue with larger citizenry forum for ongoing community discussion

reuse of vacant infrastructure reuse of vacant infrastructure

“work-from-home” workshops tax-exemption for new infrastructure

pro-bono design services from landscae firm community identity in-kind donation from major construction company

rising neighborhood “champions”

neighborhood action events

involvement of emerging demographics partnership with local construction guild

infrastructure_project phasing

.phase II

.connect

.empower

after critically evaluating outcomes of the initial infrastructure improvements, goose hollow neighborhood association decides to reengage in dialogue with a larger audience for larger development schemes. this time, local real estate developers, representatives from the northwest business association, city planners and ecologists are all at the table, along with property owners, community members and material providers, facilitating discussion of a greater scope. the collective identifies public space and access to community resources as primary concerns. pba supports the community’s lobbying of local government to change traffic flow, reclaim city property and zoning changes to accommodate greater grassroots entrepreneurship. community members are also involved in the planning of local green spaces and pedestrian networks. more public build workshops train people in the design and manufacture of furniture.

.make

after securing zoning variances and an adequate labor force, pba will lead the community in the construction of medium sized projects in the area: a small community park on the corner of 20th and main street, with a playground made from recycled materials, bike lanes down 20th, 21st, and salmon, a network of pedestrian alleys, and street furniture at strategic meeting points throughout town.

.sustain

the goose hollow neighborhood association is recast within the neighborhood as the administrative body for new infrastructure of the public commons. this may evolve into a non-profit, though this might not be necessary.

.phase III .connect .empower

with the successful completion of projects, and the goose hollow neighborhood association achieving greater legitimacy within the productive city, it can start soliciting greater investment of people and resources for deeper action strategies. pba might serve as mediator or facilitator for this conversation, providing the resources or facilities for successful contract. with the realization of many projects, people will see their community as means towards making change in their lives, and achieve personal and collective agency to propose and make that change. construction, leadership, design and coordination skills will be disbursed as needed through the community via the action learning that pba accommodates.

.make

with the financial and political capital necessary, the project team will undergo a large scale renovation of the community infrastructure. these will include the renovation of a derelict historical structure for use as a community center, the renovation of multiple commercial structures to beautify the neighborhood and make more accommodating for new entrepreneurs, and the construction of a transit hub and covered outdoor meeting place.

.sustain

finally, the community will set up an autonomous organization which acts as scaffold for all future community dialogue and development. this will be a non-profit with the capacity to manage a community land trust and development entity, potentially housing design and construction facilities to facilitate future projects.

infrastructure_project phasing

engagement with neighborhood “old guard”

project delivery methods this facility will need to function primarily as a coordinator and “public face” to work expanding all over the city. there are three types of project delivery methods which may change based on specific needs of neighborhoods

_deployable

_clearing house facility

need product (solution)

like a typical design-build facility, this production method will centralize people, resources and materials at the main facility, and send projects as turn-key interventions to specific problems. community meetings, any education and most manufacture will occur within the building, while on-site work will be limited to site visits and installation. this is largely how the standalone/individual operations will be carried out.

_deployable _subsidiary

facility

need deployable infrastructure

infrastructure_delivery methods

product (solution)

_clearing house

“we enrich the lives of citizens by bringing design thinking to areas of our city where resources are most scarce.” for a variety of possible reasons, different stages of the connect, empower, make, sustain process may be best suited to happen on site. for some projects public participation might not be as favorable at the downtown location, or nature of construction and installation might require greater onsite work, storage of tools, etc. the facility will deploy temporary “toolkits” to neighborhoods for the duration of project involvement.

_subsidiary "the purest form of charity is to make yourself obsolete" [illac diaz] facility subsidiary design-build

need product (solution)

after discussion of stakeholders, community investment, project opportunity and economic feasibility, neighborhoods may elect to establish their own build agency subsidiary, in which case the downtown facility would undertake the construction or repurposing of space for use in all four stages of connect, empower, make, sustain. skills and resources would be shared between facilities, but subsidiaries would function largely independent of the main facility.

insurgent_delivery methods

_subsidiary

infrastructures (means) of production

resource inputs and revenue-generating services

resource directory and tool library

.over-the-counter solutions

(provision of materials, some means)

.standalone services Workshops, Classes, Summer Classes (skills training - i.e. construction, tool training) Community Design/Visioning workshops (ie. for city) Storefront services (tools, solutions strategies, consultation) business planning .institutional Course Credit for LHS, PSU, design skill from craft schools construction labor from craft schools

.community-run projects

space can be rented for individual or group use (provision of means)

.project and neighborhood equity

structure_production infrastructure

crowd-funding, threshold funds local membership .pba facility process

s c

process outlined before m

(provision of materials, means and labor)

.local and regional goverment funding city development, state $ (i.e. neighborhood development grants), federal $ (i.e. housing grants), land .surplus reappropriation

.entrepreneur

craft focused --- construction, web-design, design,)

investment in project (paying mortgage) crowd-funding, threshold funds corperate/foundational philanthropy

(provision of means)

Non-profit involvement (i.e. subscriptions for maintenance) pro-bono services from local companies (i.e. hoffman construction) Local Material companies (Partitions international, etc.) private vacant land (temporary use) partnership and coproduction with other businesses

structure_production infrastructure

investment in project (paying mortgage) crowd-funding, threshold funds

micro-enterprise and the .connect.empower.make.sustain process

construction

imagination

directly applied agency means and capital vary throughout client partnerships

construction

leadership education

co-production of facility projects with micro-enterprise

investment

structure_production infrastructure and process

time

simultaneous projects with degrees of investment from agency

structure_production infrastructure and process

investment

in exchange for use of agency tools and resources, entrepreneurs are required to apply their efforts to projects, in exchange for rent, to maximize facility efficiency and encourage community among participants.

connect common, relation, combination This will be the birthplace of most projects, joining dreams and perspectives to produce common goals and ideas. This process requires flexible spaces that range from formal to informal, public to private and small to large. Spaces must be welcoming and accessible to project collaborators, supporting spontaneous interaction and ideation

total

cafe/front door

solution shop

informal meeting spaces

small meeting spaces

11000sf

1000sf

2000sf

1000sf

large multi-use meeting space

design spaces

offices

support

3000sf

2000sf

1000sf

structure_connect

Design 99

Project M PieLab

waterfront on wheels

Detroit SOUP

structure_connect

There will be a retail face that serves as the public market for services and directory to resources. As part of outreach and to inspire would-be passers-by, there will be a public display of the interactivity occurring within and evidence of collective imagination collected inside.

empower equip, encourage, experience This will be the birthplace of most projects, joining dreams and perspectives to produce common goals and ideas. This process requires flexible spaces that range from formal to informal, public to private and small to large. Spaces must be welcoming and accessible to project collaborators, supporting spontaneous interaction and ideation

total

educational [dirty] spaces

educational [clean] spaces

graphic design space

5000sf

1500sf

500sf

kitchen

$ lending structure

1000sf

500sf

structure_empower

Powerhouse

asian neighborhood design

structure_empower

make form, materialize, manifest As collaboration is manifest on the built environment, this will be a training and testing grounds for designed interventions. Space will be as non-specific as possible, accommodating construction projects by staffed craftspeople, volunteer craftspeople, and craftsmen in training from the community. Space will include manufacture, storage and staging space, as well as movable units of tools for the sharing and restructuring of production resources. This space will have the capacity for the secure storage of individual projects, as well as open space for group collaboration.

flexible shop(s) space

storage

3000sf

7000sf

staging 5000sf

woodshops

metal shop

framing

interiors

masonry

exteriors

3000sf

500sf

700sf

500sf

ADX

because we can

joinery structures at O2

structure_make

total 11000sf

sustain common, relation, combination This will be the stage for the ensemble of continued collaboration and harmony, with the administrative space and resources for the maintenance and growth of infrastructural projects. This will be facilitated by a mix of staff and volunteers, with meeting spaces and offices that direct the efforts of community groups associated with past projects.

total

meeting space

formal board meeting space

maintenance shop

11000sf

300sf

400sf

300sf

web developer

graphic design

business counseling

200sf

2000sf

structure_sustain

our united villages

city repair

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structure_sustain

New coalitions of community members may rent this space for their operations, if they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a space of their own, and use resources such as website design and management, repair tools, event planning and communication.

exchange perform, synergize, inspire This will be the birthplace of most projects, joining dreams and perspectives to produce common goals and ideas. This process requires flexible spaces that range from formal to informal, public to private and small to large. Spaces must be welcoming and accessible to project collaborators, supporting spontaneous interaction and ideation

structure_exchange

open architecture network (afh)

creative commons

structure_exchange

Public

.connect total

cafe/front door

solution shop

informal meeting spaces

small meeting spaces

11000sf

1000sf

2000sf

1000sf

offices

design spaces

3000sf

2000sf

mobile education mobile shop space

visioning kiosk

mobile shop

cafe

large multi-use meeting space

mobile education space

visioning kiosk

store

1000sf

classroom

staging space (exterior)

large multi-use meeting space

flexible rentable shop

support

staging space (exterior)

flexible rentable shop

.empower educational [dirty] spaces

5000sf

graphic design space

educational [clean] spaces

1500sf

kitchen

$ lending structure

1000sf

500sf

classroom

informal meeting space

flexible rentable shop

flexible rentable flexible shop rentable shop

shared tools and resources

flexible rentable shop shared tools and resources

informal meeting space

woodshop

prototype lab

.make total

flexible shop(s) space

storage

staging

11000sf

3000sf

7000sf

5000sf

Ideas

(clean space)

framing

interiors

masonry

exteriors

3000sf

500sf

700sf

500sf

Production

Production (dirty space)

flexible rentable shop

kitchen staging space (interior)

woodshop

staging space (interior)

woodshop

formal meeting space

masonry shop

structure_program

business counseling

.sustain total

meeting space

formal board meeting space

maintenance shop

11000sf

300sf

400sf

300sf

web developer

graphic design

business counseling

200sf

2000sf

(dirty space)

design space kitchen

metal shop

flexible rentable shop

storage (exterior) 3500sf

flexible rentable shop design space

woodshops

flexible rentable shop

shared toolsstorage (exterior) and resources 3500sf

shared tools and resources

masonry shop

business counseling

interior shop offices

woodshop

offices

shared tools and resources

website design

interior shop

woodshop shared tools and resources

metal shop

storage (interior)

metal shop

storage (interior) framers shop

graphic design

paint,exterior enclosure shop

Staff

framers shop paint,exterior enclosure shop

programprogram

schematic_program

total

new typology of flexible workspace

objectives

.efficient shell/use of materials .communication/interaction .degrees of privacy .connects with surrounding context/globe .technologically adaptive

mobility flexible volumes

flexible volumes

building [as] duck exchange

schematic_objectives

shared resources

exchange stagecraft

stagecraft

sharedexpansion resources

expansion

building [as] [is] duck building duck

building [is] duck

schematic_objectives

mobility

tactics

from south

to north

from north

project access/movement

connection to uptown

production/movement as performance

deployment of building program

_concrete/grading _steel/modular _wood _steel chassies

exchange

public/private transformation

connect landmark phasing and techtonics .long-term infrastructre .temporary/modifyable .flexible .temporary/mobile

exchange clean

dirty projects

clean

people projects

dirty

connect landmark

parti

shop street frontage

parti

shop street frontage

schematic_parti

to south

people

.phase III

strategies

staff

dirty staff

publicclean clean improvements local neighborhood

.phase I

dirty

public

connect make

schematic_phasing

.major grading .major grading .flexible public meeting place .flexible public meeting place .major site movement/security .major site movement/security

.connect

_neighborhood meets in the third space cafe _sets objectives, vision .empower _giving people design training _construction workshops for street furniture .make _production of planter beds, benches, etc. .sustain _regular meeting time/place for neighborhood association re:improvements _reflection and planning for vision achievement

schematic_phasing

sustain

_modify existing infrastructure

.phase II

mobile food service production and modification

empower

connect

_mature production infrastructure

make

schematic_phasing

.movement and deployment of major tools .full on-site capacity of C-E-M-S cycle .movement of tools/materials (not projects) via crane, track

.connect .empower .make .sustain

_young couple from new orleans wants to start mobile cajun food outfit _facility connects with other foodies and affiliated networks _workshop on how to build/modify mobile food infrastructure _repair and construction over course of one week at facility (great food) _support network and friendly ties for growth of individual industries

schematic_phasing

sustain

.phase III

large scale housing development

sustain make

_growth and administrative infrastructure

empower

.connect

schematic_phasing

.addition of large meeting space .final product movement system/truck access .capacity for artist in residence .permanent, more private flexible workspaces

.empower .make .sustain

_neighborhood association wants to acquire vacant property for housing _large meetings of city, neighbors, stakeholders determining vision _identification of funding options: federal, local, state, non-profit _showing neighborhood how to take action _construction training preparing for acquisition of old factory _quick neighborhood improvements, facade rennovations _long-term, off-site production and remodel ofold factory into living space _establishment of local neighborhood design-build facility _long-term dialogue with government agencies for future housing projects

schematic_phasing

connect