Public Park Design:
Student Design Competition Poster
Artemis Environmental Building
Materials
has an online
green material index for design research
Kitchen,
Bath and Hardware showroom SPLASH
has an online
product index for design research
Presentation drawings provided by Print-O-Stat
Finalists
will be given the opportunity to watch Final Review Presentations at the
University
of Pittsburgh's Architectural Studies Program
Finalist
will be given a tour of the Children's Museum of
Pittsburgh
including a visit to the competition site with Andrea Cochran, the San
Fransisco based
Landscape Architect that designed the revitalization of the
site to be completed in the Spring.
The
Finalist tour will continue to the studios of Tadao Arimoto
and Thaddeus Mosley
artists with two very different techniques working with wood creating
pieces for public and private gardens.
The
tour will conclude with Matthew Schlueb's residence Villa
Vuoto
including an awards reception with the display of finalist designs
Where
to begin?
Some pointers for students not
sure where to start
View
last year's Finalists
designs and the Adaptive
Resuse Firehouse competition website
History (PDF file) of Public Park site
Historic Images (in chronological order) of the Public Park and surrounding buildings.
Sample images of Bio-Swales, a landscape feature to remove silt and polution from surface runoff water.
Reference
drawing templates of Public Park site:
Public Park Site Plan (1/32 scaled PDF file) with adjacent
property lots and streets
Drawing file
(AutoCAD
Rel.2000 version) of Public Park Site Plan and adjacent lots and streets
Kinetic Sculpture 'Cloud Arbor' by Ned Kahn:
Written description (PDF
file) of
the conceptual idea behind the sculpture and specifics on the
fabrication.
The sculpture is to be incorporated into the Public Park, to compliment
and enhance the design.
Plan and Elevation (scaled PDF file) of sculpture design.
Conceptual images of the artist's design for Cloud Arbor.
Free
Software used by SCHLUEBarchitecture for designing:
Google Earth 5 is a simple
3D mapping program for generating Panoramic and Aerial Images
There are video tutorials
to see what the program can do
Google
SketchUp 8 is an intuitive program for quick 3D Models and
Rendering Materials
There are many video tutorials
for beginners to learn the program within a couple hours
There is a 3D Warehouse
of building products, plantings and scale figures to add to your design
