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By Justin on February 4th, 2010, 11:00 am 0 Comments

While we’re still moving along on our Save the City project in the background, we’re also continuing to look ahead to other projects and deadlines coming up. Tuesday mornings are always a really good productive time, and this week was no exception.

While we wait for our ribbons and postcards to arrive for the upcoming Sites of Apology / Sites of Hope event, we’re looking into CAFKA and the ANTI 2010 festival, both of which could be a lot of fun and give us a chance to go and play in other cities.

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University of Waterloo’s School of Architecture: Undulating Planters

By Justin on July 30th, 2009, 11:14 pm 0 Comments

Danielle and I spent the day at the University of Waterloo’s School of Architecture with the DodoLab team planning out a project that will take place in PEI near the end of August. Near the side of the building in this kind of walkway between two parts of the school, we saw this installation, completed by a 4th year architecture class.

The installation consists of a huge number of used coffee cups, chicken wire, and transplanted grasses and flowers. It undulates mildly until reaching the rail for the steps (in the right-side of the photo) where the planters climb the rail. The chicken wire is supported by other coffee cups and those cardboard heat-shields.

We didn’t get to speak to anyone who worked on this project, but it was another great reference for our own ongoing research.

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Justin: ahhh nice. thanks for the link!
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Justin: Yes, Mark, thanks for the pics and the suggestions for the list, that area around the Casino fell into the sites of apology side...
tinyenormous: Hi justin! For the 2 line contrast thing I have run into similar issues before. I recommend using a pot to control the...
Mark Boscariol: p.s. pelissier bldg isn’t mine, but I know the guy who bought it
Mark Boscariol: Cool, couldn’t make it but I hope you got the pics I dropped off. 3 houses across from casino parking garage...
Justin: Sorry we missed you! But, this might not be the last time we do this … I think there are still a lot of places that could...
pc: i wish i could have been there. I had a list of places I wanted to add!