2017 ANNUAL REPORT
introducing: studioMAIN who we are
what we do
studioMAIN is a non-profit organization that mobilizes the design community and engages the local community to encourage innovative design for everyday life. As designers we create solutions and interventions for the urban fabric: solutions that challenge us to participate in areas of the city ranging from the basic to the most engaging of spaces.
studioMAIN first opened its doors to the public in February of 2012. During that first year, studioMAIN focused on educating the public about design and the built environment. This effort focused largely on holding public exhibitions, which ranged from showing student work to exhibiting professional design awards. studioMAIN also created several in-house design exhibits and hosted the opening of a locally-made architectural film as part of the Little Rock Film Festival. Perhaps most importantly, studioMAIN and Create Little Rock teamed together for the inaugural Pop Up in the Rock event in 2012. Now approaching our seventh year, studioMAIN’s impact in the local community and region has continued to expand. In partnership with Keep Little Rock Beautiful and the City of Little Rock, studioMAIN rolled out a new local design competition, Envision Little Rock, which focused on East Capitol Avenue in 2013 and the Otter Creek neighborhood in southwest Little Rock in 2015. We have now held five Pop Up in the Rock events which attracted thousands of visitors. Our work with local governments and other non-profits to provide visioning and advocacy for a better future for the region has allowed us to achieve many of our goals. Our role as a design advocate has been pushed to the forefront through the continued success of our projects throughout Central Arkansas.
CONTENTS mission 2017 ACTIVITIES 2017 FINANCIALS a look ahead
EDUCATE community ADVOCATE better design COLLABORATE allied fields CHALLENGE convention
Our PURPOSE is to engage communities in the opportunities and issues pertaining to the collaborative process of design and construction of the built environment. The NATURE of our work as a not-for-profit organization is to engage through education, training, participation and exposure, communities in the design professions and construction industries including but not limited to architecture, urban design, landscape design, interior design, industrial design, general contracting and subcontracting.
2017 ACTIVITIES YEAR IN REVIEW
EXHIBITIONS PROJECTS EDUCATION
PHASE 3: Arch Street ‘Green Corridor’ & Civic Plaza STEP 3:
BROADWAY
• Create a Civic Plaza to con park landscape. Construc and new two-story City B structure adjacent to LaH
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EXHIBITION AIA Arkansas Design Awards 2016 Project Entry Boards December 2016 - February 2017
EXHIBITION studioMAIN 2016 Year-In-Review studioMAIN exhibited our work from 2016, along with a preview of projects and initiatives in progress for 2017. We were humbled by the great turnout and continued support of all those that make studioMAIN possible.
EDUCATION AIA Arkansas Central Section hosted a series of monthly “Eat & Educates” at the studioMAIN space throughout the year, providing CEUs for design professionals: • January 10th • February 14th • March 14th • April 11th
ADVOCACY
• May 9th • June 13th
Think Big Little Rock
• July 11th • August 8th • September 12th • October 10th • November 14th • December 12th
LECTURES Uncommon Communities Location: Winthrop Rockefeller Institute Presented by: James Meyer
Center for Community & Economic Development Location: Oxford American Presented by: Jordan Thomas
Architecture & Design Network’s June Freeman Lecture Series Location: Arkansas Arts Center Presented by: Jordan Thomas, James Meyer, Joe Stanley
An initiative of Create Little Rock and Fifty for the Future, Think Big Little Rock is an ongoing strategic assessment and implementation process aimed at improving Little Rock’s overall quality of place and making it a community in which young professionals will want to live and work. Several studioMAIN members actively participated in the six focus area taskforces, and continue to work on the implementation of the ideas generated.
EXHIBITION studioMAIN in SoMa Exhibition featuring projects and initiatives from our time on South Main Street.
COMPETITION Signs designed by artist Christin Byrd, winner of the signDESIGN competition facilitated by studioMAIN, were installed at Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, the Rep black box theatre, and Ballet Arkansas along the Main Street Creative Corridor.
PROJECT Re-Imagining Main Street Jacksonville Jacksonville’s new high school is to be located on Main Street, and is sure to be a great catalyst for development! The Jacksonville Master Plan Steering Committee realized the importance of thinking proactively, and reached out to studioMAIN to help brainstorm a vision for what their Main Street could become. We held our kick-off “Ideas Charrette”, where we engaged with business owners and community stakeholders to learn their concerns and big ideas for the area. We then took those ideas and put them into graphic form, providing a tool for the city to pursue project supporters and funding.
EXISTING CONDITIONS
PROJECT studioMAIN volunteered to help the City of Little Rock envision a new future for the west end of Riverfront park beneath the newly constructed Broadway Bridge. Prior to bridge construction the area served as a parking lot for over 150 cars. The area was difficult to access by the public and was perceived as unsafe by many. studioMAIN assisted the city in reimagining a future for the area beyond serving as a parking lot - by returning it to a landscaped park and reconnecting it to the city to serve as the western gateway to riverfront park.
PHASE 1: RIVERFRONT PARK WEST ACCESS AND PARKING 4. CREATE ARCH STREET CORRIDOR GATEWAY FEATURE 5. CLOSE PROMENADE TO PARKING (PENDING PARKING RESOLUTION) 6. INSTALL LIGHT PARK AND EVENT INFRASTRUCTURE (PENDING PARKING RESOLUTION)
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PHASE 2: PARKING DECK DEVELOPMENT PARKING DECK OPTION B (PREFERRED)
• 5-6 story tall structure to accommodate up to 450 parking spaces. • Mixed uses on first floor to maintain public street frontage.
ENTERGY
City of LR
Parking Deck Option B (preferred):
City of LR
B
Pulaski County
Robinson
• Deck becomes a visible feature of wayfinding for those entering city from Broadway. • Provides a 2 minute walking radius to Robinson, LR City Hall & Pulaski County Courts, and Riverfront Park.
Pulaski County Pulaski County
PHASE ‘2.5’: DISTRICT ENERGY CONSIDERATIONS Goals: • Connecting renewable energy sources
• Develop energy infrastructure for future development within this area. • Establish a ‘sustainable district identity’
PHASE 3: Arch Street ‘Green Corridor’ & Civic Plaza STEP 1:
BROADWAY
• Create a green street corridor down arch that blends pedestrian, vehicular, and cycling while acting as a visual draw from Markham Street.
PHASE 3: Arch Street ‘Green Corridor’ & Civic Plaza
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MARKHAM
ROBINSON ADDITION
CITY HALL BOARD ROOM(S) ‘RESERVED’ PARKING
TUNNEL
LA HARPE RIVER
MARKHAM
POP UP IN THE ROCK Beginning in 2012, studioMAIN and Create Little Rock have come together each year and adopted a few blocks to transform for a weekend with Pop Up in the Rock. Pop Up in the Rock is part of a national movement called the “Better Block Project.� Our goal is to enhance a forgotten, desolate or car dominated area into a more communityoriented destination for a weekend with the goal of inspiring permanent change. This year, Pop Up took over an under-utilized parking lot just across from our space in Argenta, demonstrating its potential as an active community plaza.
for more info, visit: facebook.com/PopUpintheRock
EXHIBITION VI Machina Opening: August 19th Exhibition of work by artist David Murphree
PROJECT
28'-6"
40'-6"
24'-0"
Little Rock Zoo Hay Maze
19'-6" 59'-5" 27'-7" 19'-6"
October 13th - 31st 21'-0"
Each year, Little Rock Zoo hosts a week-long, family-fun festival called “Boo at the Zoo�, where the zoo is open after dark and transformed with Halloween decorations and attractions. Little Rock Zoo recruited AIA Arkansas Emerging Professionals and studioMAIN to design and build their Hay Maze to be bigger and better than ever before! We joined forces with ABC Young Professionals to construct the maze, moving 400 bales into place in just over an hour! The Zoo and was extremely happy with the completed maze, and our team had a blast making it happen!
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HAY BALE LAYOUT PLAN 1/8" = 1'-0"
2017 FINANCIALS INCOME
$14,200 ORGANIZATION & INSTITUTION SUPPORT
CORPORATE DONATIONS
EXPENSE / ALLOCATION
$21,410 MARKETING & OPERATIONS
EVENTS
INSURANCE
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
SPACE RENTAL
501(c)(3) FEDERAL INCOME TAX EXEMPT
ANI-RRG MEMBER-INSURED
since our start in 2012, studioMAIN has...
VOLUNTEER + 14,000 HOURS logged
from design professionals & community members
curated and housed
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EXHIBITIONS + completed COMMUNITY PROJECTS sharing the importance of thoughtful design with the general public
partnered with community members and organizations to successfully develop and execute
organized and executed
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POP UP IN THE ROCK EVENTS
DESIGN COMPETITIONS
pairing local artistic talent with community needs
NEWS PUBLICATIONS + 80 & BROADCASTS featured in
+ 50 EAT & EDUCATES housed
providing LU’s to design professionals
a look ahead
2018 EXHIBITIONS: • AIA Arkansas Design Awards Entries • History of PopUp in the Rock / PopUp Stifft Station Preview • studioMAIN 2017 Year In Review • ArKIDtecture - local 5th grade student work • UALR Applied Design Program • Fay Jones School of Architecture student work 2018 PROJECTS & INITIATIVES: • ArKIDtecture • Pop Up Stifft Station • Envision Little Rock 2018
2017 BOARD MEMBERS
2017 SUPPORTERS
James Meyer - Chairman | Taggart Architects Jordan Thomas - Treasurer | Arkansas State Parks Ngozi Brown | Woods Group Architects, AIA Arkansas Central Section Chair Zac Cerrato | Evo Business Environments Heather Davis | Polk Stanley WIlcox Architects Chris East | Cromwell Architects & Engineers Mason Ellis | WER Architects / Planners Joe Stanley | Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects Glen Woodruff - Ex Officio | WD&D Architects
AIA Arkansas Central Section of AIA Arkansas Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design, University of Arkansas Ace Glass Cromwell Architects & Engineers Clark Contractors Dr. Dean Kumpuris Evo Business Environments Herron Horton Architects Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects WER Architects / Planners WD&D Architects
Liz Floyd | Executive Director
2017 VOLUNTEERS Sarah Bennings | Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects Brandon Bibby | WER Architects / Planners Nikki Crane | Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects Adam Day | AMR Architects Will Denman | Clements & Associates Kate Edwards | Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects Zach Foster | Arkansas State Parks Kris Goldman | Newmark Moses Tucker Partners Felecia Hancock | Rainwater Holt & Sexton Adam Osweiler | McClelland Consulting Engineers Jonathan Opitz | AMR Architects Patty Opitz | Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects Caleb Tyson | WD&D Architects Rosa Sanchez | Clements & Associates Aaron Wildschuetz | WD&D Architects Jessica Wood | Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects
2017 ALLIED ORGANIZATIONS AIA Arkansas Architecture & Design Network Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design, University of Arkansas UALR Applied Design Program ASID, South Central Chapter Metroplan of Central Arkansas Create Little Rock UALR University District Partnership Emerging Professionals of AIA Arkansas Rock Region Metro Quapaw Central Business Improvement District
how to get involved stop by our space during the Argenta 3rd Friday Art Walk: 413 North Main Street North Little Rock, Arkansas
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