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Wed, 2008-07-02 14:42
Architecture for Humanity
Welcome TODAY’S ACTIVITIES
MATERIAL AND RESOURCE RESEARCH (15 minutes)
We have finalized our materials palette and approach (hooray!)
Many of you spent the last couple of weeks researching various resources for and use of materials. Lets briefly review these findings, along with revisiting our material collage boards created a few months ago, and utilize them to inform our final materials palette and design details. DESIGN DETAIL CHARRETTE (45 minutes) The goal for our charrette tonight is finalize our detail tectonics (ie. how we will build this thing) by breaking into teams and further defining five fun areas of the space: 1) Kitchen, 2) Display/Partition, 3) Cabinets/Built-ins, 4) Platform/Stage, 5) Phone Booth. We’ve generated a guiding DNA to help facilitate the process of designing these details. Consider:
NEXT MEETINGS Small Team Meeting: TBD by teams Group Meeting: Wednesday, July 16, 2008, 6:30pm Wed, 2008-07-02 12:40
Architecture for Humanity
Welcome TODAY’S ACTIVITIES
DESIGN DRAWING SET REVIEW (45 minutes)
MATERIALS AND RESOURCES (15 minutes)
MATERIALS/SPECS
SUB-CONTRACTORS
How does this fit into our material palette? What are you currently considering in your designs?
NEXT MEETINGS Wed, 2008-07-02 12:14
Kate Stohr will be sharing her "best practices" for reaching out to the community for in-kind support. If you are unable to attend, then please click on Sponsorship Materials listed under the Wed, 2008-06-11 11:04
Hi All: Wed, 2008-06-11 11:02
Architecture for Humanity
Welcome TODAY’S ACTIVITIES
DRAWING SET, MATERIAL AND RESOURCE (15 minutes)
DESIGN REVIEW (45 minutes)
NEXT MEETINGS Thu, 2008-05-15 16:16
Hi All: Thu, 2008-05-15 16:14
Architecture for Humanity
Welcome TODAY’S CHARRETTE
MATERIAL AND RESOURCE ROUND-UP (15 minutes)
DESIGN REVIEW (45 minutes)
Current Teams:
Team 1
Team 2
Team 3
Team 4 Mon, 2008-04-28 11:53
Hi All: Mon, 2008-04-28 11:52
Architecture for Humanity
Welcome
Current Teams:
Team 2
Team 3
Team 4
C+L is an acronym for… (15 minutes)
DESIGN REVIEW (45 minutes)
NEXT MEETINGS Mon, 2008-04-21 19:03
Hi All: Mon, 2008-04-21 19:01
Architecture for Humanity
Welcome
Current Teams:
Team 2
Team 3
Team 4
CREATING THE DRAWINGS… (15 minutes)
DESIGN REVIEW (45 minutes)
NEXT MEETINGS Mon, 2008-04-21 18:32
Hi All: Mon, 2008-04-21 18:28
Architecture for Humanity
Welcome
Current Teams:
Team 2
Team 3
Team 4
DESIGN REVIEW (45 minutes)
NAME THAT GROUP… (15 minutes)
NEXT MEETINGS Tue, 2008-03-18 23:57
Hi All: Mon, 2008-03-17 23:08
Architecture for Humanity
Welcome
Ready, Set, Design…. The smaller teams will need to meet in-between our group sessions, so please select members whom schedule align with yours. Also, moving forward, we will also shorten our bi-monthly group sessions to 1 hour (from 6:30-7:30pm).
Preliminary Design Groups:
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
TODAY’S CHARRETTE
MATERIAL LANGUAGE CHARRETTE (1 hour) We will present these collages with the entire team at end of this charrette, so as always have fun being creative!
NEXT MEETINGS Thu, 2008-02-28 17:35
Hi All: Click on Workspace to view images from our recent Workstation charrette on February 27th. Please take a moment to post comments and offer suggestions. Thu, 2008-02-28 17:33
Hi All: Click on Workspace to view images of layout ideas that participants submitted prior to our charrette on February 27th. Thanks again to everyone who offered their suggestions! Wed, 2008-02-27 17:44
Architecture for Humanity
Office Space Design Charrette Welcome Thank you for participating in the final round of developing the office space parti! Recap from Last Week During our last session, two teams participated in a Workspace Charrette, where we identified the quirky nuances of our workstyle habits. Four themes emerged from this activity:
Gamer Alert! If the AFH office space were a game…what would it look like? The folks from GeoSherpa are here to illustrate the potential of how interactive we can make our “virtual” space.
Thanks to everyone who developed a few layout considerations. Please take a moment before breaking into your teams to review these ideas and feel free to incorporate any of these conceptual layouts for your own final parti.
ARTISTS AND POETS CHARRETTE (1 hour) Break into two teams comprised of both artists and poets. Working collaboratively, the artists will define the team’s vision of the final parti through diagrammatic illustrations, while the poets will communicate this vision through conceptual text. Consider what makes the most sense when laying out the functions of the space in terms of overall flow, natural lighting, private and collaborative space. Utilize the findings from previous sessions to help inform your decisions.We will present these ideas with the entire team at end of this charrette, so have fun being creative! Program Elements The final Programming is complete and posted on OAN. Please refer to Working Documents folder for further details. The Program includes the following areas:
Wish List Along with the defined program areas, a number of folks have requested we include the following into our design solutions:
NEXT MEETING Wednesday, March 12, 2008, 6:00-8:00pm Tue, 2008-02-26 11:35
Hi All: Click on Workspace to view images from our recent Workstation charrette on February 13th. As we are finalizing the Parti, please take a moment to post comments and offer suggestions. Mon, 2008-02-18 10:55
Architecture for Humanity
Office Space Design Charrette
Welcome Lets get started with the semi-final development of our office space Parti! Recap from Last Week During our last session, a total of four teams participated in a sketch charrette to begin exploring design concepts that represent our shared vision as well as diagramming the overall space layout. A number of themes emerged as possible solutions to developing the space:
Areas to Research Last session we identified a few areas that we would further research:
TODAY’S CHARRETTE WORKSTATION CHARRETTE (1 hour) Break into two teams and define the workstation area for AFH and tenants. What area makes the most sense to place individual workstations in terms of overall flow, natural lighting, private and collaborative space? Consider the other functions of the space and their relationship to the workstations. Use the floor plan as your base to diagram this area.
NEXT MEETING Wednesday, February 27, 2008, 6:00-8:00pm Thu, 2008-02-07 00:01
Hi All: Click on Workspace to view images from our recent sketch charrette on January 30th, and post your comments. We would especially like to hear from folks who were unable to attend as well as individuals from our global community. Thank you to everyone who participated in this weeks design charrette. Together, we generated a strong collection of ideas and spatial concepts that we will continue to develop and explore as we define our Parti. ...and a special shout-out to Caitlin, Elaine, Mark, and Ramsey for volunteering to further research examples of display systems, nomadic structures, transformable spaces, suspension systems, loft environments, and low-tech energy-efficient solutions. Look forward to seeing everyone at our next event on Wednesday, February 13th! Thu, 2008-01-31 19:21
Architecture for Humanity
Office Space Design Charrette
Welcome Lets get set for round-three of our office space design charrettes! Recap from Last Week During our last session, a total of two teams participated in a quick Vision Session to explore the commonalities of both Tenants and AFH. Together we found a number of characteristics that we can use as inspiration for today’s sketch charrette:
Areas to Research Last session we identified a few areas that we should further research:
TODAY’S CHARRETTES CONCEPTUAL SKETCH CHARRETTE (1 hour) Break into teams of 4-5 people and begin to brainstorm how the ideas from the vision session can translate into the space. Consider mapping out the overall floor plan, or identify one section of the space and begin to sketch out your ideas. We will present these ideas with the entire team at end of this charrette, so have fun being creative! Program Elements The final Programming is complete and posted on OAN. Please refer to Working Documents folder for further details. The Program includes the following areas:
NEXT MEETING Wednesday, February 13, 2008, 6:00-8:00pm Mon, 2008-01-21 23:15
Architecture for Humanity
Office Space Design Charrette Welcome Lets get set for round-two of our office space design charrettes! Recap from Last Week After touring the space and sharing the general program, a total of five teams participated in a quick design charrette to explore the process for this project. Everyone shared a lot of great ideas, including:
Process Overview As we prepare to “open source” the office space design, we have begun to develop a process for providing an opportunity for everyone to have a “voice”. Although the general Programming for the space will be defined by AFH, consider your role to be both designer and client. This is just as much about being the community’s space as it is an office space. The process will be broken into five phases: Pre-Design, Design, Budgeting, Documentation and Installation. During the next few sessions we will continue to work as an entire group to research, explore and share ideas to define the project’s Parti. Once completed, we will then break into smaller groups to complete the design, budget and documentation. These groups will continue to research best practices and identify resources, as well as leveraging the talents of each team member. Because we will be meeting less frequently as an entire group during this time, the Open Architecture Network will be our source for sharing our progress. Perhaps the most exciting and final phase of this project will be fabrication and installation. Together with the support of trained professionals, we will build our design! This will be a great time to get design students involved, so they can gain first-hand experience of construction. Program Elements: The final Programming will be sent to everyone next week, but the following areas will be addressed:
VISION SESSION (1 hour) Break into teams of 4-5 people and begin to explore and answer the following questions as they relate to the commonality of both Tenants and AFH (30 minutes):
CONCEPTUAL IDEAS (1 hour) Break into NEW teams of 4-5 people and begin to brainstorm how the ideas from the vision session can translate into the space. Consider mapping out the overall floor plan, or identify one section of the space and begin to sketch out your ideas. We will present these ideas with the entire team at end of this charrette, so have fun being creative! NEXT MEETING
Mon, 2008-01-21 17:27
Hi all, In addition to the session we did last week (results of which will be posted here) on the mission and values we want to express in our space, we're also working with the communications team at Branditecture to develop stronger communications strategies for Architecture for Humanity. Hopefully they will be able to partake in the design charrettes for the office, but in the meantime i wanted to share with you what came out of that brainstorming session. In a nutshell: Architecture for Humanity is a smart, sexy, world-savvy, 28-year old professional, woman with a personality that is a cross between Sambo Mockbee and Calatrava..... We'll fill you in at the next charrette. You can take a look at the white boards and post-its that came out of that in the "Mission and Values" set that I have just posted to the files section here. Cheers, kas Thu, 2008-01-03 16:17
Office Space Design Charrette Today's Agenda:
Introduction
Overview The space will not only be the headquarters for AFH, but will also house a workshop, pin-up space, a community design studio, meeting rooms, exhibition space, and yes, a bar.
Our Tenants:
We will be posting information and contacting team members through the Open Architecture Network. We're passing around a sign up sheet. If we have your email address we can add you to the project team. This will allow you to work remotely, post files, contact other team members and discuss design ideas.
Charrette Phase 1-5 PHASE 1: Define the process and desired outcome. Who are the key stakeholders, outreach plans, schedules, roles and responsibilities, and the preparation plan? PHASE 2: Research and Conceptualize. Time to roll up our sleeves and get dirty. Over the course of a defined period of sessions, we will work collaboratively to gather information and work in small teams to design key areas of our space. PHASE 3: “The best plans are made by many hands”. The design teams have established and defined their ideas and will then present these developments and continually revise them in response to the flow of input from participants and other teams. PHASE 4: Solicit In-kind Donations and Sponsorships. As we identify the materials and furnishings we plan to use in the space, Architecture for Humanity will contact manufactures to seek sponsorship and donations. PHASE 5: We will not only be designing our space…we get to build it too. Once we've finalized a design approach we will begin building out the space. Some elements may be built/installed by volunteers, other elements we will need to bid out to contractors/sub-contractors. Next Meeting:
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