Winter Term 2010

Happy New Year! We are looking forward to a productive term and the completion of this project.

We made a lot of progress during fall term. We were able to finish pouring and installing all of the pavers, complete initial planting, build a concrete gutter and custom metal grate that prevent stormwater overflows at the site and portions of the steel ribbon are almost done and ready for installation.

There are still several ways for people to get involved and we would love to have help this term. Projects that need volunteers include: fabricating, painting and installing the red steel ribbon along the bench; bike rack installation; luminaire and bamboo planter fabrication and installation; address lettering fabrication and more!

Please contact us if you would like to help!

Site from the north.

Concrete gutter and metal grate.


Site from the south.

Welcome to Fall 2009!

Welcome back everyone!

We have an exciting fall planned. It will be great to see this project as it continues to evolve. There are opportunities to help with luminaire and bamboo barrel design and fabrication, address lettering, landscaping, fence and bench construction and paver production.

Work continued over the summer and we've now completed most of the structural elements.

Please see upcoming events for ways you can get involved!

Retaining Walls

A team re-built the retaining walls on the site on Saturday. The walls were removed to make room for the footings. They are now back in place.

Footings

We poured all of our footings for our trellis and fence posts today. It was fast-paced work, but in the end all of the footings are aligned and look great.

Demo Day

Big day on the site yesterday. With EWEB's generous donations of time and equipment, we removed a large amount of concrete and asphalt to make way for a more pleasant ground surface. The area will be filled in with pavers, planting beds and pea gravel.

Open House

In preparation for tomorrow's open house at HIV Alliance, we set up our trellis mock-up at the site. It was exciting to see a full scale portion of our design in its context. Please stop by the open house tomorrow between 4-6 p.m.

Welcome Back!

Hi all, 

I hope you had a great spring break, and are as excited as I am to get the construction started. That being said, we have a lot to do.  Erik submitted our drawings for permits on Tuesday, so we should be hearing back from the city soon! Here is what we have planned so far.

• HOPES conference is this saturday; they will be making some of the pavers
  
• Gardening Party!  We will be meeting this sunday at 10-2 on site to weed, transplant prune, and whatever else we can to make the North Garden look beautiful.  If you can come for the whole time, that would be great.  Or if you just want to stop by for a bit.  If anyone has tools (shovels, pruning shears, etc...) that they can bring, that would be great.
  
• Weekly Team Meatings: Since we don't have an official designBridge studio this term, we will be holding our weekly team meetings in LA 278.  They will still be on Mondays from 5-6.  For those of us in the tech-build class, we may stay longer to prep for tuesday class.  
  
• EWEB:  They want to start demo either the weekend of the 18th or 25th (of April).  This will depend on the door remodel, which HIV Alliance has secured donations for.

Just like last term, if you are not in the tech build class, it does not mean you can't be a part of the project.  The construction should be a lot of fun and a great learning experience, so if you are still interested in helping out, we would love to see you back.  If you have friends who are interested, let them know too!  We have a lot of work to do, but it is going to be a lot of fun. Hope to see you all sunday and at the Team Meeting on monday!

Have a great weekend, 

Garden Avenue team