consider:process:design::project1:makeshift shelter:bringing it all together

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Here I am on the eve of this project being due- or rather the morning that it is due. I thought I would share some higher quality process images with you!















and no, Carlos and I did not do all the work- we were definitely helped by Veronica and Haley- however a bulk of the photos from this day have disappeared- once regained, they will be posted here.

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Here is a little taste of our process for this project. I apologize for the quality- they were taken with my phone...


on the first day, Carlos and I went out dumpster diving and in search of supplies. We got turned down a couple of places, but perservered, finding the find of the century- the tiki hut- in a dumpster. It was a pretty nice piece!


We came back to the studio building and unloaded our finds and covered them with plastic in hopes nothing would happen to them.

Also while we were out, Carlos began to form the wonderful idea that we could use palettes to build the structure- this would prove to be a genius idea.


We soon all sat down as a group, trying to figure out how this thing was going to go together. Each of us had different ideas, but they ended up merging together to form what will be the final product.


To help troubleshoot problems we might have with the full scale structure and to help us visualize what we were going for, we built little miniature palettes from balsawood.


In the end, the model ended up looking like this- with Veronica peeping out behind!

consider:process:design::project1:makeshift shelter::experience

A person enters the Gatewood Studio Arts Building lobby, coming upon a small village of makeshift shelters. One among them is dedicated to snacking. Noticing one shelter is dedicated to snacking, he curiously enters it, seeking food. He notices how well built it is of materials that seem totally random. He does not realize four young designers carefully chose each piece and how each piece serves a very specific function. This person is more interested in the food to snack on. Once he has stuffed food in his mouth and he is no longer feeling hungry, he begins to notice how intricate and interesting the structure he is standing in is. He notices how craftily it is constructed. He notices how unexpected materials serve unexpected purposes- coming together to create this makeshift shelter. He feels inspired by this ingenuity. He thinks of how so many people throughout this world are not even able to have this or anything close to it. Another person enters the small space, forcing the two people to interact. He tells this new acquaintance of his thoughts and discoveries while in this makeshift shelter- which has given both food to eat and food for thought.

consider:process:design::project1:makeshift shelter

The first project of the semester for my Environmental Design class is a fun one- just what I, and probably everyone else, needed to get back into the swing of things after hibernating over winter break.

This project mandates that in a small group we design a makeshift shelter from found objects. Each group has a different focus. The group I am in, consisting of Haley Preston, Carlos Smith, Veronica Harvey, and I are to focus on snacking. While brainstorming, we of course all got very hungry- or maybe we just worked up an appetite from ravenously gathering materials.

While thinking about this project, we came across the idea to make the focus of our snacking shelter on healthy snacking. It's not set in stone yet, but it's a pretty cool idea. We're thinking of having fresh, healthy foods growing in the shelter as well as possibly a compost with worms- repurposed from Veronica's sustainability event held last semester.

To begin moving toward this, I have done some research on a couple of websites, gathered from the book Eat Where You Live by Lou Bendrick, which was read last semester as well as part of a sustainability book fair held by our class. While browsing containergardeningtips.com, I was amazed at just how many things you can grow in potted plants- especially fruits and veggies. It really made me want to take advantage of the one larger porch that I have off of my apartment- only I have a brown thumb (the opposite of a green thumb).

I am excited to see what direction this project is going to take next!