By Roger Schroeder:
My usual submissions contain renderings that tell an idea with a visual (example: solar carroussel). This time I think an image needs to grow in the imagination of the readers. It might also save me from the sharp criticisms of my renderings.
The talk I have heard about erecting tents on part of the site made me start thinking.
Next summer is our summer, our time to build a piece of Buffalo history as an exciting addition to the history we have read about. We have successful staked our Bass Pro independence from someone else's vision of our public space. Now we need to build something more interesting, exciting and sustainable.
We should look at what we put in place temporarily next summer to be more permanent than temporary. By that I mean more like buildings than tents so that it send a message about our settlement being a commitment.
In effect real planning should take place about even the things we think are temporary. With this formal thinking in place exciting possibilities appear in the questions we ask. How much land should we devote to public access during larger project construction? 20%? What kind of vendors do we want to attract? Could we have a contest to design themed structures for food and retail venues. Can we build the from ReUse materials? Can we construct a pavilion to protect visitors from sun and rain? Can we build temporary and sustainably? Will the user who inhibits this place next summer be able grow with the project's development?
It seems possible with a little creativity and early planning to be able to capture an authentic community vision of our public space even before it is solidified in brick and mortar. This may even be a critical part of the process.
Lead image: Birdair structure. See more creative temporary structure ideas below:
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My usual submissions contain renderings that tell an idea with a visual (example: solar carroussel). This time I think an image needs to grow in the imagination of the readers. It might also save me from the sharp criticisms of my renderings.
The talk I have heard about erecting tents on part of the site made me start thinking.
Next summer is our summer, our time to build a piece of Buffalo history as an exciting addition to the history we have read about. We have successful staked our Bass Pro independence from someone else's vision of our public space. Now we need to build something more interesting, exciting and sustainable.
We should look at what we put in place temporarily next summer to be more permanent than temporary. By that I mean more like buildings than tents so that it send a message about our settlement being a commitment.
In effect real planning should take place about even the things we think are temporary. With this formal thinking in place exciting possibilities appear in the questions we ask. How much land should we devote to public access during larger project construction? 20%? What kind of vendors do we want to attract? Could we have a contest to design themed structures for food and retail venues. Can we build the from ReUse materials? Can we construct a pavilion to protect visitors from sun and rain? Can we build temporary and sustainably? Will the user who inhibits this place next summer be able grow with the project's development?
It seems possible with a little creativity and early planning to be able to capture an authentic community vision of our public space even before it is solidified in brick and mortar. This may even be a critical part of the process.
Lead image: Birdair structure. See more creative temporary structure ideas below:
"Will the user who inhibits this place next summer be able grow with the project's development?"
Hasn't this place been inhibited enough already? Nice Freudian slip!
(Is that the name for the new canal next to the Commercial slip?)