Rehamping

Update on Barn

Meeting on Thursday, March 28

Larry Archey (Director of Facilities & Grounds)

Carl Weber (Project Manager)

Rick Klein (Landscape, Berkshire Design Group)

Jonathan Wright (Wright Builders)

Beth Hooker (Sustainability Coordinator)

Prof. Ray Mann (Professor of Grad. Studio at Umass, and practicing architect)

and me- Hester Tittmann (student)

We discussed timeline, concerns, and mainly got on the same page about the status of the project moving forward.

It made sense to all of them to push for a fall groundbreaking (to start building, as opposed to the ceremonial groundbreaking this spring), with the possibility of waiting until the Spring if we need to.

This semester Ray’s course will be creating a schematic design to be used for presentations and community input. We will ensure that everyone has the option to view it and give feedback, with special attention to specific constituents (ie. Community Garden, Mixed Nuts). Rehamping will do a presentation on May 16th to showcase the work that has been done thus far (everyone is welcome to help with this, of course).

Over the summer we can produce construction documents, perhaps via internships with Ray and Rick over the summer, which can then be checked again by the community, administration, etc. in the fall. We can tweak the documents then as needed.

We discussed quality, safety & liability in construction in discussion of student labor in the barn. It seemed that some elements can be done by students (built off site in the different shops around campus) and then brought in. There may be opportunities for student labor on site, but that will require more conversation as we get closer to that point.

We went out and looked at the site, and Rick will be surveying the site hopefully early next week. There was some discussion about taking out dead/dying plants, and clearing invasives, taking down the fence etc. for easy on site planning (marking out locations of barn, raised beds, etc.)

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Some preliminary fundraising documents have been created. See Here.

Comment below with questions!

Update on the Barn Project

Check out the updated Barn Archive! It shows all the work done last semester. Right now a graduate studio at UMass and a course taught by Megan Lyster & Donna Cohn is taking on the next steps of the Barn Project.

Notes from meeting with Karen 9/28

Because of IS format, each member will be evaluated individually and must produce individual work

- Karen will set up a Moodle page where we will each submit weekly posts/essays reflecting on our work
- We can formulate questions to respond to each week.

BUDGET
Use funding from president’s office for IS academic van/ supplies/ other costs
Use COCD for Rehamping group costs i.e. poster board + posters
- “isolate one thing” for COCD

Tuesdays 3:30-4:30 is governing hours - faculty will be meeting during that time on first Tues of the month

- Other Tues will be open for BC meetings

To do list:

ASAP Contact Larry Archie about sign (poster space) in community garden

ASAP Contact Caroline Archer about library gallery space

If no response from Caroline within a week, go to Lynda McDonnell

ASAP Contact Alumni Office

they took down arch. alumni during the 40 yr reunion thing…they may have contacts

ASAP Contact Matt Krefting about dates that trustees will be on campus

Contact president’s office for staff rep. Check with staff to see about times/process for selecting BC members

Contact Diana from president’s office to see if she’s interested in BC

Contact Ken Rosenthal (buildings and grounds committee or crits. he loves being involved)
if we ask him to be involved in the BC we need to get permission
go through Beth Ward in presidents office

Contact Naomi/ Gabriel/ Thom about BC involvement
ALSO** ask Gabriel about compost toilets!

Contact Kara about BC involvement (?)

Talk to Brian-
make sure BC meetings line up with his schedule

Request President to transfer 1,000 dollars to Art History/ Architecture fund in HACU so we can have access to money

(watch for moodle page from Karen) Post our IS descriptions (how it relates to our divisional work) to Moodle as first retroactive response

Advertise: that Tuesday is our open meeting
+ the Building Committee

Contact COCD about funding for poster board

Curious where the project is?

The Rehamping student group and Rehamping architecture studio course will be presenting tomorrow (Sat 4/28) in the ASH Auditorium from 11:15-12:30 as part of the Inauguration celebrations. Come see the models that have been made!

The Barn Project

Background

President Jonathan Lash has tasked the community with repurposing and moving the barn located on his property to campus. This is a learning opportunity grounded in reality. It is up to the students, staff, faculty and administration of Hampshire College to decide how it is used. One of the goals with this project is to compile a comprehensive list of current spatial needs on campus. So, even if the barn can’t meet your needs given the other proposals that are submitted, it will still be included in the final document that comes out of this process that will hopefully be revisited as resources become available in the future.

Submit a written proposal

Click to download .doc file of barn proposal

This Fall 2011 we invite all community members to write a proposal for its use. Do you belong to a student group or office that has spatial needs? Have an innovative use for a 36’x36’ space? Rehamping encourages you to visit us during our weekly meetings (Tuesdays at 8pm in EDH 3 Studio) or to schedule a one-on-one meeting by emailing rehamping@gmail.com. We are available to discuss proposal ideas, answer questions and network you with other groups who you might partner with to create a stronger proposal. Proposals should be emailed to rehamping@gmail.com by December 20, 2011.

Looking ahead

A series of open workshops during JanTerm 2012 will go through the proposals to identify a proposal—or combination of proposals—that best meets the needs of the Hampshire College community. Although our immediate task is to identify the next use of the Barn, we plan to review the proposals to develop a comprehensive documentation of space needs across campus. These will take place Saturday, January 7 & 14 at 11AM-5PM in the EDH 3 Studio. Attendees of the workshops will further develop the selection process. Notes will be posted to this blog so community members not on campus can be involved.

In Spring 2012 professor of architecture, Caryn Brause will lead a studio course that forms a design around the selected written proposal(s). The course will work in close consultation with the “client(s)” to ensure the design fulfills the needs of the program.

In Summer or Fall of 2012, depending on the physical and financial scale of the final design, students will work with specialists to deconstruct and reconstruct the barn on campus.

Media

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