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Challenge to architects: just the essentials
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Designers’ contest brings forth ideas for on-street accommodations.
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Photo essay by JOEL TURNER, Contributing Photographer |
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Adrienne Wicks, above, an organizer for the Design Build Challenge and a member of last year’s winning team, is reflected in a mirror hanging from this year’s winning design.
Photo by Joel Turner |
From March 27-30 five teams of designers, architects, builders and students paired with local organizations SHARE, WHEEL, and Women In Black to compete in the Design Build Challenge. The competition challenged teams to come up with innovative ideas for either a traveling memorial for homeless people who have passed away or a portable restroom for those who have no access to permanent facilities.
Designs included a composting toilet that can be assembled in less than three minutes using recycled material and a lightweight restroom facility that breaks down into a portable kit. The winning design was a six-foot steel-frame cube, dangling with over 1,000 multi-colored Plexiglas plaques that bear the names of homeless who have passed away.
(More photos to come) |
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