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All Weather Garden


Status: Design Development
Location: Bronx, NY

Client: Concourse House

A Collaboration with
Design Advocates, Walter P. Moore, BAAO Studio, and Studio For

All Weather Garden is a proposal for a series of five additions to the existing garden at Concourse House, each is tied to a sensory experience.

A first phase of interactive hands-on workshops designed for women and their young children helped everyone explore the five senses and initiate the formation of the five architectural spaces in the garden. Functionally, these spaces expand the client's ability to host small gatherings outdoors without having to interrupt the flow of the activities when the sun shadows shift, rains or snows.
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Concourse House works to eliminate homelessness by providing families with safe, stable, transitional housing. Concourse House works with families to break the cycle of poverty by providing a variety of social services and interactive programs that promote growth and independence. They emphasize stability and healthy independent living. Each family is offered programs and activities directed toward goal setting and developing a sense of personal responsibility.

Design Advocates is a network of experienced architecture, design, and advising firms, as well as individuals, who volunteer their time and expertise to collaborate on projects, research, and advocacy to serve the public good. Initiated in April 2020 as a non-profit platform for collecting data and empowering design businesses in the era of COVID-19, Design Advocates has since expanded into a collective effort to match designers with those in need by providing pro-bono design services to small businesses and community organizations while engaging in ongoing advocacy for the broader independent design industry. In particular, Design Advocates pushes for equitable design and firm diversity to contribute to a just built environment.


All Weather Garden


 

Design Development

Location: Bronx, NY

Client: Concourse House

Role: Design

A Collaboration with Design Advocates, baao studio, and Studio For

A first phase of interactive hands-on workshops designed for women and their young children helped everyone explore their five senses and initiate the formation of five architectural spaces in the garden. These spaces expanding the client's ability to host future workshops while also exploring new ways of seeing shade and sun without having to interrupt the flow of the activities when it rains or snows.