Team members: How does all this work?
Thursday, February 28th, 2008Each team is composed of about 7 CCSF students, 2 local high school students, and 1 or 2 local professionals from the design/construction industry.
ARCHISTRUCTERIOR DAY!
On Friday, April 25, 2008, each team will assemble on Justin Herman Plaza by 830am in preparation for a 9am competition start. The building will begin at 9am and will end, finished or not, at 12 noon. Judging will happen from noon-ish to 12:30ish with announcements of winners at 12:45ish pm.
There will be TWO prior major team meetings when all the team members come together to plan, scheme and design.
THE FIRST FULL TEAM MEETING!
Saturday, March 15: The teams will meet for the first time! Coffee and stuff will be served from 930am-10am. Introductions and brainstorming sessions will start at 10am. Close to noon, each team will make a 3 minute presentation on their ideas and brainstorming to share with the other teams. The meeting ends at noon.
Location: At the downtown facilities of the Architectural Foundation of San Francisco at 706 Mission Street, 2nd floor.
WHAT SHOULD CCSF STUDENTS BRING TO THE MEETING ON MARCH 15?
The Department will provide a list of the “academic” kit of parts to each team which will include elements that are based upon point, line and plane as well as a 2×4 frame which measures 2’ wide X 8’ long X 6’ tall.
Each team is responsible for creating and assembling their own kit of parts that reflect the peoples and cultures of the assigned neighborhood. The team is fully responsible for deciding what this “neighborhood” kit of parts will be. For example, artifacts that come from the neighborhood, images produced, materials, textures, and even words are all possibilities. In order to decide what these can be, the team will need to focus on what it is they want their piece to express about the peoples and cultures of the neighborhoods.
We suggest that the team of CCSF student prepare for the first meeting by getting together and talking out some ideas about what the neighborhoods are and what possibilities exist for the design. It should focus on creating a list of things that can build the concept for the construction with less emphasis on the actual physical design. Remember that the first meeting is about brainstorming ideas for the design with the high school students and the professional mentors. The idea is for you to bring great ideas to share, compelling insights into the neighborhoods and thoughts about what kind of physical things could be used in the final constructions.
Therefore, bring things to draw with or bring materials etc. Be creative and pro-active! We will provide rolls of paper to draw on.
The team will also elect two TEAM MANAGERS. The team managers will be the only contact persons between the students on the team and the professional outside of the full team meetings on March 15 and April 12, unless the professional allows otherwise. The team managers will also act as coordinators for the team, fielding questions and reporting any needs, questions and concerns to the department.
Finally, the team will schedule the next design sessions/meetings between March 15 and April 12 and ideas on what the neighborhood kit of parts needs to be and how to get them.
MONEY NOTE: All costs of the neighborhood kit of parts are born by the team. The Department suggests that no team spend more than a total of $100 on materials and supplies while creating the neighborhood kit of parts. Assume that CCSF students will split the cost of any expenditures. If the team spends $100, then between 7 CCSF students that comes to about $14 each. The high school students and the professional will not be asked to chip in financially.
THE SECOND FULL TEAM MEETING!
Saturday, April 12: The teams will meet to make their final neighborhood kit of parts decisions and coordinate what will happen between April 12 and April 25. More info on this meeting will be handed out to the teams on March 15.
