2012: Spring

Spring 2012

December 10, 2012

February 11th 2012: This was our second visit and we got to see the park and its surroundings in the winter season. We sat down with the park rangers and talked about their vision for the park. This trip gave us a better idea of the premise of the project. The rangers guided us around the park showing […]

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Model Study

March 27, 2012

The design team made a model of the stage with all the elements to get a good understanding of the space and how everything relates to one another. We decided to use the already existing three sided rotating panels on the stage as structure for the backdrop. We designed a forest scene with a big […]

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In Action!

March 27, 2012

In order to put the tubes together, we drilled holes into them and attached them using nuts and bolts. The overall weight of each surpassed our imagination, so we consulted with Professor Cam Lorendo, who teaches Construction in order to safely suspend the 78 lbs stations from the ceiling. He advised us to use the […]

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Reworking the space

March 27, 2012

We started off designing three listening stations—two suspended from the ceiling and one crawl space sitting on the floor. As Green Week came closer, we were asked to reduce to just two installations in order to make room for the Undergraduate group’s installation. We felt that our suspended stations would be most enticing to students […]

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Taking a trip to Materials for the Arts!

March 19, 2012

This week we ventured to Long Island City to check out Materials for the Arts. MFTA, offered through the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs provides New York City’s organizations, public schools, and community arts programs with the supplies they need to run their programs. MFTA gathers a diverse amount of materials from companies and individuals […]

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Catching The Pop Up Cart In Action!

March 11, 2012

Our trip out to the museum yesterday proved to be very interesting and informative. It was really great to see the afternoon craft time. We now have a new and better understanding of exactly how our design should work. We were able to observe, for example, that the kids lean on the tabletops -we need […]

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Traveling Sites

March 9, 2012

We have been researching cities for the traveling exhibition to visit and started putting a presentation together to show pictures and information. So far we have found four great sites in which we think there would be interest for our exhibition. The Eldridge Street Synagogue here in New York City, the United States Holocaust Museum […]

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Midterm Presentation

March 6, 2012

Today we had our midterm presentation to our client, the Bolechow Jewish Heritage Society. They traveled in from different cities and all met us at RAA where we gave the presentation. We discussed the blog, website, traveling exhibition, cities that the traveling exhibition would visit and the museum. We view this project a puzzle with […]

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