Look and talk about work of Michael Rakowitz
Here are some possibilities sourced on internet of makeshift shelters made with bamboo and plastic.
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Cork Sharing Architecture Workshop: Bus Shelter
POP UP BUS SHELTER @ CIT
Initial Brain Storm / recap. what we did last time/ what we learnt. Back to basics
What is a bus shelter for?
1. Rain Protection a roof what kind of roof?
Walls where?
what materials?
2. Rest while waiting/ temporary seating?
What other potentials can people see that a bus stop could provide?
Communication, conversation, wifi Information on the city/ local community etc
Show and tell : Students share photo’s and app data collection
Together discuss CIT and its lack of Bus Shelter.
Have image up. All this info could feed into design
People should be as free to do what it is they wish they should not restrict themselves just with the idea of the bus shelter we see everyday though this is difficult. ( see Rakowitz design for homeless shelter) . . students all gather at a certain space on campus to wait for bus if raining currently, can this feed into a design?
Introduce workshop project
Pop up bus shelter
1. Divide the group into pairs.
2. Each person is given paper for sketching and planning.
There are materials: Plastic sheeting (building supply store) , bamboo poles ( from garden centre) and string available also need scissors/ blades, gaffa tape?
I think umbrella’s as a design option too could be fun if we could gather a good few.
3. Each pair given 1 hour to discuss/ brainstorm draw and then make their bus shelter in workshop space.
4. Workshop group reconnects. Each couple do a show and tell of their design and creation to rest of group.
5. The group then through a process of consensus discuss which design will be taken to the bus stop or does a whole new design have to be created combining the ideas that have emerged from each of the other designs or improvements to ‘most promising design could be made’.
Also option for each design to be recreated or carried to bus shelter and photographed
( shared learning happening/ critique and discussion)
After Lunch . . .
6. Then the group could go down to the bus stop and construct the ‘Pop-up Bus Shelter' that has emerged from the morning workshop. Take photo’s
This would all be really playful and fun.
Being in situ should generate a whole new set of information, findings and learning.
7.Return back to workshop space. The images taken in situ could be displayed on projector.
What have we learnt? What else could be added to this? Talk about findings
