Client Charette

In searching for a a method of protection we came across the Tuned mass damper. This is used in the Tapai Tower, it results in a giant pendulum that sways against the building's sways, lessening the chances of collapse. Below is our arch that would be placed in the main cafeteria/gym. Also is the model for how the Tuned Mass Damper system looks.


We then decided that we would have create another form of shelter in case some children couldn't get to the main arch. So we created a desk system that is inspired by Anna's desk model. This desk would be planted into the ground to create a more stable shelter.

Communicate!

This is my group's logo.

Print Material: We would print all our material out of Grow a note paper, which is a paper that when planted and watered grows a plant. The calender would be made out of this, also flyers with our logo on one side.
http:// we decided we would video tape all our events happening and put them on you tube, and there would be a link to the community by design page.

Products: We would have calenders, umbrellas, soap, and possibly trail mix all with our logo on it.
Places: We would wrap the bus shelter's and bus depot in paper, with our logo on it.

People:
We decided we would have an event called “Hands Across Greensboro.” Anyone would be welcomed to come and join hands from the bus stop to the bus depot. This would show how design in our community is impacting everyone from everywhere.

Bus Shelter

My Groups collective sketch models


Our first major project of the year was to design a bus shelter. It would be located on the corner of Tate and Spring Garden st. right beside the art museum. Two major buildings that my group noted as an importance was the church across the street and the art museum. Both buildings have big columns on the end that essentially mimic each other. We decided that both places are a place where all types of cultures can come together. Whether its to worship or to display/see a piece of art. We wanted to create a bus shelter that would be inspired by two completely different buildings coming together or interlocking. So we created this structure that is has two pieces coming together and interlocking to form a shelter. One side is solid wood, while the other is a type of glass.

Bus Shelter: vocab we noticed

Artificial Light
Natural Light: this is the sun at 9 am in the morning in Greensboro. The time when most kids are going to class.


Geometry and Arrangement

Circulation and Use

Elevation view

Section view
Tectonic and Mechanic
Repetitive and Unique
Symmetry and Balance

Material and Finish

Unit and Whole
Mass and Form

Different Point of View

I was born a Yankee. I was taught a lot about the Civil war in Highschool, but we rarely touched on the Civil Rights era. When we did, it was the basic things, such as Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, etc. We read some stories but they were always about the Civil Rights as a whole. Perhaps this is why I really enjoyed reading stories that focus on a specific area/city. I learned a lot about Greensboro in Chafe’s Civility and Civil Rights. I really enjoyed reading about the trials and demonstrations of all the students in Greensboro. Compared to where I’m from Greensboro is much more diverse. This story was definitely a great insight for me to see what it was like to go through this time from the south’s point of view, and not from the north’s. I really enjoyed some of the quotes that Chafe included in his presentation. The first that really stuck out to me was that an observer noted the 1960’s stage of freedom movement was like the Greensboro “coffee party” of 1960. I don’t think that the students that started the sit in demonstrations knew how big of a movement they were starting. In Chafe’s reading he talked about how these four students had the courage and the pain of the pioneers that had started other movements in the past. I also enjoyed learning a little bit about all of the four original sit ins , and how three of the four original sit ins grew up in the Greensboro area. Perhaps the most influential detail to this story that inspired me the most was that Ezell Blair Jr., noted that “as college students we have no jobs from which to be fired by people who don’t like to see us assert ourselves…We can speak up loudly now without fear of economic reprisal.” As college design students I feel we have a responsibility to fight for a change in this world. Whether it be enforcing Recycling at our school, or speaking up for something else you believe in. Now is the time when we’re discovering who we really are and what we truly believe in. It takes courage to grow up and see who you really are.
I read the story after already taking a bus route. The reading did not influence the pictures I took on my route but it did influence the pictures I chose to display. I wanted to pick ones that would influence some of the things read or said in this story. I took the route on Friendly ave. so since I have been there before I tried to pay attention to things that have always stuck out to me. I also paid attention to the people on my bus, however their were really only me and two other people for the mile I road, so it wasn’t very interesting. This was not my first time riding a city bus, this bus ride was definitely not as eventful as riding the Miami city bus at 1 am in the morning. Below are 7 images that I chose to represent my experience riding the bus and also that were influenced from some of the images presented in the reading.

Finding my way to the First Horizon Park

For our wayfinding project we were each assigned a place in Greensboro to go to. We had to start at our place of residence and go from there. On our way we were to document certain landmarks, nodes, and paths that stuck out to us, and would help us find our way there again. I was assigned the First Horizon Park box office, which is where the Grasshoppers play. It was pouring rain so I was highly frustrated which i think greatly influenced the things i noticed on the way. There were probably a lot of interesting little things i could have noticed had the weather been different. Instead I focused on the big landmarks that I could see through the rain. overall i enjoyed this project simply because I am not from Greensboro and I like to take any chance I can get to learn more about this beautiful city in NC.