Exchange Concourse

Three possible directions can pursue:

  1. Collaborate with multiple artists to conduct a “collage” art exhibit in the concourse:

·         Demonstrate a theme or a short-term goal for inspiration

·         Map the concourse into several zones

·         Invite individual artist with a limit budget ($500- $1000) for occupying a selected zone

·         Propose a sequence of the exhibit

·         Collect the list of exhibition ideas (individual proposals) and document as a practical solution for presentation to the authority

  2. Propose for a sport gathering

·         Demonstrate the advantages/ uniqueness of the space regarding hosting an event

·         Investigate possible organizations (Running: Philadelphia Runner Urban Scramble)

The Urban Scramble

·         Design/propose for a possible path/ form to carry out the event

·         Provide graphic support

  3.  Draft a design competition brief

·         State an overall aim

·         Define the theme and specific objectives of the competition (building connectivity: how the influence of digital technology makes an impact on physical reality)

·         Describe the current physical and culture context (location, accessibility, environment, people, etc.)

·         Set up design limitations (site boundary, building types, building capacity, material, etc.)

·         Registration and submittal requirement

·         Jury and time frame

·         Result and awards

·         Authority and sponsors

Philly Hop Lots

Philly Hop Lots

3 Point Plan:

1. Simplify:
     - Who is it helping and how?
          - Breweries
          - Residents of neighborhoods/citizens of city
          - Students
     - What is it creating/enhancing?
          - Microbrew culture/Niche market
          - Neighborhood identity
          - Philadelphia's history as a beer city
          - Reduction in x amount of organic waste going in to landfill
     - What is being taught?
          - How to compost
          - How to brew
          - The conversion of wasted land to productive land

2. Quantify:
     - How much waste do the breweries create?
     - How much hops are needed to brew?
     - How much land is needed to grow the hops?
     - Can there be a profit?
     - Where does that profit go?

3. Contact:
     - Adam Grant
     Wharton Associate Professor
     Organizational psychologist specializing in work motivation, job design, prosocial helping and giving behaviors, and employee initiative and proactivity

     -Andrea Malmberg:
    Director of Research and Knowledge Management
    The Savory Institute

     Over the last twenty years and in many different capacities, Andrea has facilitated citizens in gathering data and interpreting and understanding biological and sociological phenomena so that they can make sound ecological, economic, and quality of life decisions.  Most notably, Andrea was appointed to the United State’ Interagency Forest Ecosystem Assessment Team in 1993, co-developed a widely used ecosystem process monitoring protocol, and is frequently cited for her work on the importance of place in creating environmental ethics and landscape meanings.

     - Local Breweries

Precedents

Spontaneous Interventions: Interboro Partners

http://www.spontaneousinterventions.org/project/lentspace

Interboro Partners was also one of the panel members of the Symposium, and discussed for MOMA PS1 project, Holding Pattern

http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/yap/2011ny_holdingpattern.html





Proposal:

Introduction to current Spring Garden Proposal and initiatives.

​Large overarching goals.

Spring garden designed as a collaborative community project.

​Philadelphia Current policy on urban design projects

This type of design lacks an individual focus.

​Precedents for more successful projects featuring individuals.

Small Problems identified as overlooked within this collaborative plan.

Change in policy to adapt an approach which can meet the needs of individuals within a project for the greater good.

Proposal for a collection of ideas.

​Poster Campaign

​Collection of ideas for individual users as a “think tank”

​The utilization of a media which is accessible to many; photography

​​Cell phones, digital cameras, etc.

Examples of what could be generated

How do these types of ideas become realized?

SG Interventions:

Three Point Plan:

Research of current Policies for public development and proposals

• Research of precedents for public development projects; projects that better a specific neighborhood, are these successful, what about them is or is not?
• Who is in charge, what do they do, and are they the correct person?
• Find contacts of people in charge of policy within Philadelphia

Identify local problems overlooked by the current Spring Garden Proposal.

• Interviews with local residents and project planners
• Street Conversations with current users
• Gain access to data collected at community meetings regarding the proposal

Photographic Visual study of Spring Garden, capturing local moments and things that may be overlooked in the current proposal.

• Interviews and discussion of ideas from Antinelli Photography Professors

Create prototypes for Idea generators.

• Poster Campaign: collection of Photographs for idea generator
• List of potential ideas and how they can be accomplished.
• How do these ideas affect the current policy and way that community projects are accomplished?

Interacting With the Homeless

Three step plan to progress the project:

1) Develop a strong "branding"; this includes a project title and potential graphic.

2) Contact several people who were suggested to my by guests at the midterm mixer including Joe Willard from PEC and Adam Grant (pro-social thought). And try to focus the project toward a more specific goal.

3) Research existing programs and determine if there are any gaps in between successful programs that a small-scale intervention could make a large impact. I will look at Project Hope, the PEC, City Policy, Project Home, Fresh Start, Broken City Lab, Conservator-ship, pro-social thought, the Homeless World Cup, and First Person Arts.

SwapBox Sample Mid-Term Presentation

POP_UP CURATED SPACE

Hawthorne Hall- 3849 Hamilton Street :

 

THE AREA:

POSSIBLE COLLABORATIONS:

   

MAKE YOUR MARK 

Interface Studio

People's Emergency Center

Lamar Wilson of Wilson Associates

Lower Lancaster Revitalization Plan 

BIG EVENT THIS FRIDAY!

Make Your Mark Facebook

More:

Penn Design (Historic Preservation, Architecture, Fine Arts)

Drexel (Architecture)

Youth As Resources (YAR)

http://www.yar.org/

 A non-profit organization providing grants to groups of young people to design and carry out community improvement projects. 

EPA Environmental Justice (EJ) Small Grants Program

http://www.epa.gov/epahome/grants.htm

For projects involving environmental cleanup, gardens, education and training.

Philadelphia Cares

http://www.philacares.com/

A non-profit partnership that mobilizes people to address local social, educational and environmental needs through volunteer action.

UCNET University City Community Council

http://www.ucnet.org/uccc

P.S More articles on Hawthorne Hall:
1. Building Spotlight
2. timeline

SwapBox Teaser

Walking

I decided that since I have been looking at the connectivity of the city and its walkability it might also be a good idea to look into the health benefits of walking.

Walk & Talk - The West Wing Reunion - YouTube

This leads to the idea of making the signage be more than just for tourists who are temporarily in the city and more for people that live here permanently and try to get them out of their cars and to walk.

BEH

Below is a link to Built Environment and Health Research Group lead by Dr. Andrew Rundle from Columbia Mailman School of Public Health.  They have been doing research into the health benefits of walking and how certain cities have been designed better than others to accommodate this.

http://beh.columbia.edu/

SG Interventions

I am still working on a title, decided on SG Interventions today just to give the project a working title.

I mapped the location of the Spring Garden Greenway plan and three proposed areas which I viewed as being the most important connection areas to the rest of the Philadelphia. I am viewing this three as being the most influential areas and also the areas which are of biggest impact. 

The image above illustrated the businesses and key locations along Spring Garden as illustrated during the public meetings developed in order to show importance of these spaces within the master plan.

Design for Social Value

Business and social innovation leaders from a variety of industries share their visionary approaches to creating social value at GAIN: AIGA Design for Social Value Conference.

I recommend browsing through the speaker bios!

Swap Box Strategic Diagram

When you no longer have a particular use for an item, there are a couple of options to dispose of it.  The most common would be to dispose of it through the landfill waste stream.  But what if that item still had unused potential?  Another option would be to donate it to a second hand store, but the item may be funneled though various distribution channels taking time from getting into the hands of others.  Yet another option that bypasses this is the concept of a Swap Box.  Items placed within the Swap Box have the potential to be exchanged locally.  Based on each Swap Box location, items and people move throughout the city in the thrill of the hunt.

As research has progressed, I came across a similar concept and name; The Swap Box Project