September 27, 2011
Program
The program is in the dropbox with the additions from Friday, add anything you think is missing.
September 26, 2011
Option # 1
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Me and nick worked on this option all day Saturday and bellow a little synopsis of the design: 
So this option is about expanding the current storage (image 1). One storage is wider and the other is longer, the longer shed can store tools in shapes like shubles, the wider one store more of the refrigerator and mechanical tools, as they require more space and also a wider door, which can also serve as a wayfinding tool for the passerby (image 3). bringing light in also potially creates an experience with the ramp, where as the person goes up they can see into the storage shed, which also serves to bring in light into the storage (image 2).
The color pink stays, and is spred throughout the window frames and the temporary storage in the back (image 4). The idea is the all sides can take advantage from this colorful play aestetically and create some consistency all around.
Hope you guys like it!! comments welcome :)
September 24, 2011
Schedule for this week (9/25-10/1)
Meetings for this Week
Saturday | Sunday | |||
Meeting Time | Nick and Perla | Nicole and Elle | Meeting Time | |
12 pm | 3 pm | |||
Monday | Tuesday | |||
No Meetings | Post work on the blog | Elle and Perla | Meeting time | |
9 am | ||||
Wednesday | Thursday | |||
Meeting Time | Nick and Nicole | Emergencies | ||
Please post meeting time on blog | ||||
September 23, 2011
Elle Coleman Work Schedule
Work Schedule This Week:
Sunday, 9/25
11:00AM - 03:00PM
Monday, 9/26
10:00AM - 03:00PM
Tuesday, 9/27
Off
Wednesday, 09/28
10:00AM - 02:00PM
Thursday, 09/29
10:00AM - 05:00PM
Friday, 09/30
Off
Saturday, 10/01
04:00PM - 11:00PM
Sunday, 9/25
11:00AM - 03:00PM
Monday, 9/26
10:00AM - 03:00PM
Tuesday, 9/27
Off
Wednesday, 09/28
10:00AM - 02:00PM
Thursday, 09/29
10:00AM - 05:00PM
Friday, 09/30
Off
Saturday, 10/01
04:00PM - 11:00PM
September 22, 2011
Program
Charlestown Community Garden Tool Shed program
Location: Bunker Hill Community Facilities Subdistrict,
456-458 Bunker Hill street, Charlestown, MA 02129
Client: Gardens for Charlestown, inc.
Contact person: Penny Carlhain, Treasurer
Team members: Elle Coleman, Mariah Hanning, Nicholas Joelli, Nicole Pinot-Juan, Perla Muller
Project supervisors: Todd Lee, Rick Lamb, Pat Welsh
Budget _______________________
Budget sources:
Current unspecified fund, will need to be matched
$40/year for plot fee, extra for greenhouse use
Unspecified mitigation funds from Big Dig to improve ADA accessibility
No established retail/commercial partners
Access requirements/ Security:
ADA accessible
City leaf mulch deliveries
No regular waste pickup
Shed needs to be locked, but accessible to everyone with plot
-Code lock
Larger door for snow blower
Approximate value of supplies in structure: ~$1,200
Exterior lighting: motion sensor on new shed
Utilities:
Water/Electricity to existing shed
-Water lines ~15 years old
Lines underneath site (ex. gas line, water main...):______________________________________
Durability:
Expected lifespan of structure________________________________________________________
Typical items in structure: snow blower, lawnmowers, gas, assorted gardening equipment
Zoning: OS-CG (Community Garden Open Space Subdistrict)
setbacks: none
floor area ratio: 2.0
maximum allowed building height: 45'
Design:
Historical connections of site/community: no attachment to current design
Specific requests:
-Keep access to site welcoming to all
-Site is “gateway to community”
-Keep separation of patio space and garden/ tool shed
September 18, 2011
Rick Lamb's advice on site analysis 09-18-11
To all - some considerations for site evaluation:
General neighborhood
Streets adjacent to project - major, minor, neighbor or through, what kind of lighting, utilities,
Street trees
Views into from the site. - important? Minor?
Type of neighborhood - condition? Residential, commercial? Ethnicity? Height of buildings
Who are neighbors to project
Where are the property lines, is and shared
Are there easements through the property that would effect the project
Access to project - open, fenced, seating, deliveries for where, services to and from like
garbage and recycling?
Materials of the site - types of paving, railings, lighting, benches, seating, buildings and use
Circulation within the site - how des the garden and shed(s) function
Plant material on site - types of trees and size and their impact regarding shade, roots
Storage of materials on site?
Utilities to and where on site
Various uses on site - gardening, entertaining, gathering, storage, seating, etc
Grades - because the site is relatively flat try to determine grades in the vicinity of the
Shed in 4 or 6 " contours/ elevations. Perhaps 1' elevations beyond. You might make the
Plan at 1/8" scale for the shed area. 1"=10'0" for the balance of the plan. You might want to
set the existing concrete floor of the shed as elev. 0 check to be sure it is
approximately level.
Subjective notations
What do you like not like
What are you initial reactions and ideas - sketch words photographs etc
Client
What do their want - is their program clear, conflicting?
What is missing. What information do you need
I hope this helps as a check list - we assume you will add to this
Call or email if you have questions comments before Friday so your time s not lost.
Best. Rick Lamb
Meeting Recap 09-16-11
Group To do List:
post you work schedule on the blog
Meeting at site 9:00 am next Tuesday, be prepared to take measurements
Design Charrette Friday 9:00 am - 12:00 pm (bring sketches and preliminary ideas)
September 14, 2011
To Do List
Bellow are some things we can do as a group. Pick one and let me know which one you will like to work on. (Please notify me latest by Wednesday)
o Get Property lines and site measurements from the BRA website (AutoCAD File to share)
o Get Property lines and site measurements from the BRA website (AutoCAD File to share)
o existing conditions base map with buildings, planting beds, retaining walls, stairs and ramps, fences, walkways and paved areas, and trees and other major features noted (called out with labels) (two people can work on this)
o Create Grades(existing conditions, Slope of site), and draw Section Cuts Drawings through site scale 1"=10' or 1"=20'
o Project Program - building requirements, site requirements, clients' goals, schedule -Perla
o Site Assesment map, showing good and bad impacts and influences (for example bad shadows and good shadows)
Bellow things we can be working on individually:
o take pictures of site
o do site diagrams and site studies
o Sketches
September 11, 2011
Meeting with Client 09-09-11
GOAL of Gardens for Charlestown:
Create community AROUND THE ACTIVITY OF gardening.
SITE
Land taken by city in 1980's.
A neighborhood OF HOUSES WHICH HAD BEEN ON THE SITE WAS demolished TO MAKE WAY FOR A PROPOSED NEW HIGH SCHOOL. SOMERVILLE POPULATION STARTED SHRINKING WITH CLOSING OF THE NAVY YARD AND GENERAL DECLINE OF MANUFACTURING IN THE REGION. SO NEW HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT ABANDONED.
Land sat vacant-
STUDENTS FROM THE EXISTING high school (THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE REPLACED BY A NEW BUILDING ON THE SITE) helped CLEAR THE SITE WHICH WAS JUST A HEAP OF RUBBLE, around 1985.
START OF COMMUNITY GARDENS
- GARDENERS WERE ESSENTIALLY Squatters.
o bought land from BRA - FOR ONE DOLLAR
o FORMAL GARDEN ORGANIZATION FOUNDED -2001 (?)
o CITY CONTRIBUTION (BROWNE FUND) Fenced Sides-Open Front
63 Garden plots
o Tools and water SUPPLIED IN SHED. GARDENERS PAY FOR UTILITIES
- ANNUAL "MEMBERSHIP" FEE FOR USE OF GARDEN PLOT AND PARTICIPATION - PURPOSEFULLY really affordable (NOT A "CLUB")
o 20 APPLICANTS ON waiting LIST- about 5/year WAIT - ALMOST NOBODY GETS rejected. ONLY NOT USING YOUR PLOT AND NOT DOING 10 HOURS COMMUNITY WORK GETS YOU REMOVED FROM MEMBERSHIP.
THE Shed
o UtilitIES HOUSED - BUILT FROM "FOUND" materials
o ARCHITECT/DESIGNER=Miguel GOMEZ-IBANEZ,. LINK: THEN wife-A Founding Member
o UTILITIES: water, METERED in the foundation OF THE SHED, BELOW FLOOR
o BUILT ON THE Lot line (NOW ILLEGAL, NEEDS SIDE YARD, OR BACK YARD SET-BACK)
ALSO A Good PLACE to Relax -
- GARDENERS WELCOME USE BY LOCAL COMMUNITY (HELPS WITH POLICING TO HAVE CONSTANT USERS PRESENT.
BRA Agreement
o Need to approve everything, BRA HAS JURISDICTION OVER THIS KIND OF COMMUNITY USE, AND RESTRICTIONS EXIST IN THE DEED OF OWNERSHIP
o INCONSISTENCIES WITH CURRENT REGULATIONS WILL PROBABLY BE "GRANDFATHERED"(ALLOWED EVEN THOUGH IN VIOLATION) from set back
o Process with organization - WILL NEED APPROVALS FROM:
- GARDENERS' ORGANIZATION
- BRA
- LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION
- CITY BUILDING DEPARTMENT (BUILDING PERMIT, CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY?)
- CITY OFFICE OF HANDICAPPED AFFAIRS?
- STATE HC OFFICE?
- WHO ELSE HAS JURISDICTION? NEEDS TO SIGN OFF?
OLD Shed (OUR PROJECT) - STORAGE OF
o GasOLINE, MACHINERY MAINTENANCE TOOLS
o Snow Blower
o Lawn MoWer
- GARDENING TOOLS
- WHAT ELSE?
New Shed "BIG" OR "NEW" Utility Shed (NOT OUR PROJECT, THE ONE BUILT LATER) - HOUSES
o Lawn furniture
o Board meetings
o Fund raising AND EVENT PARAPHERNALIA
- GENERAL STORAGE (NOT "DIRTY" OR "WET"
COMMUNITY EVENTS HELD AT THE GARDEN, SPONSORED BY THE GARDENERS WITH CO-HOSTS:
o Spring, SUMMER, FALL
- EASTER EGG HUNT
- April: Flea Market
o July: Lobster in the Garden
o August: Children DAY
- pony RIDES, FACE paintING,
Every two years, DURING June
o Garden/town holds major community event
o Halloween
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Winter
o BIG Storage SHED is filled WITH LAWN FURNITURE, ETC. in winter
o ONLY REAL WINTER ACTIVITY -
PLOWING - necessary to keep sidewalks clean in winter (LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY OF ADJACENT LANDOWNER
Gazebo - KEEP IT OR NOT? (DISCUSSION)
o Events & SHORT TERM Storage
Green house
- GARDENERS USE FOR STARTING, INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS
- POORLY MAINTAINED, NO OVERSIGHT
AVAILABLE FUNDING SOURCES
- "Mitigation" MONEY:
ALLOCATED FROM "BIG DIG" (CENTRAL ARTERY RELOCATION) - FEDERAL/STATE FUNDS TO OFFSET DISRUPTIONS AND NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACTS CAUSED BY CONSTRUCTION OF MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
o Opportunity for handicap accessible gardens
o raised planting beds
o with input FROM SPAULDING REHAB HOSPITAL (THE MAJOR REHABILITATION HOSPITAL IN GREATER BOSTON) (BEING RELOCATED TO CHARLESTOWN FROM NORTH END)
PROGRAM ISSUES - THINGS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED:
o Water pooling - NOT DRAINING FROM IN FRONT OF SHEDS, STUDY DRAINAGE PATTERN
o ramp - CLEAR, LEGAL HC ACCESS FROM SIDEWALK ONTO AND THROUGH SITE TO HC PLANTING BEDS AS WELL AS SHEDS, PUBLIC COMMUNITY AREAS (BUT NOT ALL OTHER PLANTING BEDS).
o Light standards - WHAT TO DO WITH OLD LAMP BOTTOMS? HOW IS SITE ILLUMINATED AT NIGHT?
o Water lines SERVING PLANTING BEDS (Roberta's husband laid out. DOES THE ORGANIZATION need to blow OUT WATER AT END OF SEASON TO PROTECT FROM FREEZING?)
Adjacent Fire House
o FUNCTION RELOCATED IN NEW FIREHOUSE ON DIAGONAL CORNER Moved to other corner
o Converted into Charlestown working theater
o Fireman's memorial- other side
o (where ARE SANITARY FACILITIES, IF ANY?)
Landscaping
o other ideas (FROM US) to tie together THE WHOLE SITE AND FUNCTIONS
o trees provide too much shade - can affect plants
o 10 HOUR GARDENERS' COMMUNITY BASED maintenance
o keep gazebo
"Public Areas"
- Rose Gardens
o All borders- member input 10 hours a year of community service
o Community Grills
o Not too many rules
Times OF USE
o early mornings and late afternoons
o public use - ALL DAY LONG, DOES NOT CLOSE IN THE EVENING
o Vandalism (MINIMAL)- stole a jar of tomatoes and gardening tools OVER THE YEAR
o Greenhouse- add electric starting (NOTE?)
Old Shed
o RELOCATE 2 refrig.
o Large doors, pair - FOR POWER MOWER, ETC ACCESS
o same foot print ON EXISTING FOUNDATION
o scale is OK - do not need ADDITIONAL height
Compost Pile /Mulch Pile
o Leaf mulch from city
- NEED TO ORGANIZE AREA AROUND
o holder for the mulch
o tomato blight PERSISTED FOR 3 YEARS. CAUSED NO LONGER MAKING THEIR OWN
o No pesticides
o Green waste -take it home (no official city pickup) will pick up, only clean ups SEMI-ANNUALLY WILL BE CARTED AWAY IN CITY-PROVIDED CONTAINERS
o HONOR SYSTEM removal OF YOUR OWN WASTE FROM YOU GARDEN PLOT
Budget - SOURCES OF INCOME
o nonprofit, MEMBERSHIP FEES (NOT CONSIDRED "DUES" WHICH WOULD BE FOR A PRIVATE CLUB)
o matching grants
o fundraising events
Path
o recently done- Stairs and paths
o Privacy of the path- a little removed
o Border "Green Fence" - KEEPS Dog walking AT THE EDGES, NOT INSIDE
o Flagpole - NEVER USED, DO WE WANT TO CELEBRATE?.
NEXT MEETING ON SITE - TWO WEEKS, 9/23/11.
First Meeting Notes- 09-02-2011
Client: 60 members of community Garden.
o It is important to hear the client carefully.
o Never Ask the client to trust you
Site: Sullivan Square Community Garden
o Get a sense of the contours of the site (Contour Map)
o Drainage
o Utilities
o Floor Area Ratio
o Handicap Accessibility
o Opportunities vs. Constraints
o Property Line
Possible Questions to ask Client:
o Are they an organic Farm?
o What are their expectations?
o Is there a separate part of the shed where machinery is kept?
o Does it need light?
o Do they want windows? Does that affect security? Perhaps sliding doors?
o What are their affiliations with other entitites?
o what are their cultural attitudes? How does the garden work in conjunction with community?
o What about insects? what kind of attacks does the shed have to withstand?
o Realities in terms of cost/
o Do they need a drop off for wheel barrel composing?
Important: Educate each other and educate client.
Scale: 1"=20'
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