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Objective:

Design and build a bus shelter at the Seaforth community store.

Location: Seaforth NS, July 17-30, 2010
Sketch Models

Brett's explanation of a "gabian basket".

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(Re)aching and (Search)ing
The Uncertain Centre of the Mary Celeste,
Spencer's Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Objective: This project is an annual design/build project in a sloping 10-acre field between a highway, a rural road and a forested area leading to a marsh (estuary). This community amenity aims to link into a developing coastal tourism route by showcasing a rich cultural history through media projection, material artifact display, workshops, meanders and soundscapes.

 

 

Modeling

Process

 

Site drive by

 

Objective: While learning about their use and maintenance, utilize traditional hand tools and the techniques of wood carving, shaping, bending, joinery and finishing to to craft large scale public seating from green (freshly cut)wood.  Experiment working with freshly cut wood and merge a group's ideas comprised of individual design with resulting material shapes.

Material

 

Models/Process

 
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Para-, an ancient Greek prefix meaning to "go beyond," refers to an object or activity that is subsidiary to or derivative of something else. Site, in this project, refers to a system of heavily forested paths which are separated by the confluence of two mountains lakes. Existing at the threshold between architecture, landscape, and infrastructure, the project can be understood as both an extension of an existing network and a new node within the system. Simultaneous acts of bridging and place-making seek to connect paths to one another and individuals to the landscape. Site: Saint-Sauveur, Quebec

 
Objective: To construct a machine that analyzes computer models of a folded, intersected plate structure, and cut the required components to length and appropriate miter angle.

 
 

BLOOMFIELD COMMUNITY CENTRE - CLAY COLLABORATIONS 2010

Objective: To brighten a commonly used space with all natural materials. It was our hope that the space would become more inviting, encourage conversation and reflection, draw people into the space, and essentially give people more of a reason to argue against the building's demolition. There is such a vibrant and thriving community in and around the center, and we really strived to show the energy of the place in our work. Community involvement was also an essential piece of the puzzle for us. As it is a community space, we wanted to collaborate with as many of its users as possible.

Lobby (before)

Process

After

Objective: To make two short documtary films about Free Lab 2010

Film 1 (4 minutes)

Film 2 (5 minutes)

 
 

Objective: To design and build a Pow Wow Arbor for the Kinistin Saulteaux First Nations Community

Concept:

A circular design containing initially twelve tripods supporting a tensile wire roofing structure. Through community meetings the design was changed to accommodate a larger number of people and a larger number of tripods.


Development:

The initial concept was too similar to the traditional rain dance structures so tweaking was necessary. The finished design expanded to 100 feet in diameter for dancing space with sixteen tripods instead of twelve. Old telephone poles were obtained for free. The only expenses for the project were for rentals of machinery and purchase of hardware.

 

 

 
Objective:
This Free Lab constructed a lightweight wood structure containing a rule of growth and proportion which allows a unitized aggregation of growth and form, multiplicity and structure. The structure was carefully calibrated to record the Fundy tidal current through the balancing of weight and buoyancy and by marking the sand.