We are the champions, my friend

Syracuse University Interior Design majors in their 3rd year- Architectural Systems class began installing their final design build project today, a 6 station computer lab for the Hillside Work Scholarship Connection in Syracuse, NY.

Students divided into teams corresponding to real-world construction phases; painting, flooring, joinery and furniture, lighting, and construction documentation.
Pictured: teams beginning the installation of the back-lit panels that will host computer stations.

Meeting Minutes 4.6.11

Hello everybody!

Last week our group met with Wayne, Lisa, and Dave from the Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection to go over, and make some changes to, our design proposals for the Hillside entrance. Here are the minutes from our meeting!

Meeting with David about alterations to Hillside Design proposal

Chris presents modular partition wall

    ·       Dan explained the use of them, how they work together and the cost effectiveness of their design

    ·       Explained how we are looking into materiality of the design

Wayne saw the potential of the space dividers and confirmed the need for a design that provides personal, adaptable space.

    ·       Wayne and Dave appreciated that they can fold flat

    ·       Dave brought up some issues such as stability

     o      durability: if they got wet

                      if the kids threw them around

     o      Would like to see them a little bit bigger

     o      Is it cost effective: can you personalize them for each kid

     o      Discussed thinking about how they should connect: phoenix center connection is frail maybe Velcro or magnetic would be better.

     ·       Lisa supported the idea of using them for the division of personal space

     o      supported how it allows the student to create their own space: empowerment (Wayne supported that idea as well)

Wayne asked about other material options

Over all thought that the partitions had great potential

Future plans:

     ·       Going to experiment with other cardboard types and other materials

Sarah and I presented our college ideas, Wayne took the brochure to look over further

     ·       Wayne was interested in how Hillside alumni would be able to stay involved with the college room and influence younger students.

Markie presented her redesigned entrance idea.

     ·       Integrated the touch screen sign-in idea in the entrance.

     o      Wayne really liked that idea

                        It would solve some of their sign-in problems and organization

                             “the wow factor” 

                             Could not have the kids names displayed on the screen because of privacy policies

Dave brought up the idea of the stability of the structure

     ·       Maybe inverting them in an arch: making the letters relief instead of extrusions

     ·       Also brought up some height issues

     ·       Dave did not favor a drywall ceiling

     o      Instead was set on the drop tile ceiling

     o      Because of accessibility and cost issues

                        Could possibly sell him on the GWB but it would need evidence of necessity 

Discussed floor idea

     ·       Ripping out the tile and exposing/refinishing the concrete underneath

     o      Discussed how to finished the other ends of concrete with a threshold

     o      Discussed options for incorporating lines in the flooring: inlaying linoleum, staining the concrete

     o      Students will figure out cost elements and pros and cons of both options 

                       Maintenance

                           Durability

     o      Students will also define construction documents of the entrance and specify color selections

Dave will find building sections

Dave and Students for Success will meet again to go over progress in two weeks

chancellor's award

Our centerpieces were so popular that many of them were taken by the dinner guests! OMG!

Meeting Minutes 3.21.11

Went over partition ideas

Center piece ideas

     ·      Use original modual pieces as the center pieces for the tables

    o      6 pieces per table

    o      add a little white vase and the laser cut flowers

    o      Brochure slides into the top

     ·      Cheap

    o      Could make all of them for under $100.oo

    o      Would just have to sand the edges

    o      Alison will come up with some flower ideas to be laser cut

Sarah and I will meet Chris at 9am on Wednesday 

Meeting Minutes 3.9.11

Hello Everybody!
 

I apologize for the delay in meeting minutes!! However, things have been progressing as usual here is what we've been discussing the past few weeks!

3.9.11

Mary Ann Shaw Dinner: Table Center Pieces

     ·      Plant boxes

     ·      Tubes:

    o      Flowers are expensive

                   Maybe do paper flowers or origami flowers

                      Tissue paper flowers

     ·      Possibly cut them on the laser cutter to make them more elegant

     ·      Alison will try and get some cut flowers done over spring break as a sample

              Still nature orientated but cheaper and also something people can take home

Jen, Markie, and Jen  

     ·      Met last week and it went well

     ·      Wayne likes what is on the brochures now and is really excited about the March 30^th dinner

    o      Also Wayne supports the look of the kids on the back of the pamphlet even though its very literal

     ·      The only thing we have left to get is the list of collaborators to finish off the pamphlet and then its ready to print!

     ·      Maybe make the pamphlet bigger for the table display just so people could see it

    o      Printing the center pieces on the sticker paper to save time and money rather than screen printing them

Solidified some things on looking at the site evaluation

     ·      Things we can feasibly do

     ·      Jen and Markie are going over the entrance design

    o      Come up with a reception for upstairs and try and sell it to Wayne so that we don’t have to take away from the design of the entrance by having the sign in area downstairs

    o      Adding a bench to the bottom of the letters

    o      Using bendy board to wrap around the structure of the letters to get them to look like solid objects without having to waste material on actually making them solid

                   Talk to a fabricator to find a better way to create this kind of case work

                      Do some basic elevation and construction documents to give to the fabricator

                   A cabinet shop would be more likely to do this than a construction company: they may write up their own plans too.

     ·      What is the process of adding dry wall ceiling

    o      Support system

    o      Tricky to remove the existing ceiling tile

                   We’ll have to get a contractor to look at it (and at the floor too)

                      There is concrete under the ceramic tile

     ·      Wayne is cool with taking the tile off and then we can paint the lines directly on the concrete.

Becky drew up some more sketches to elaborate on her library benches

     ·      Adding a back for support

     ·      Figuring out structural supports

Exploring the College Room

     ·      Don’t understand their options

    o      Make it an attainable choice in their life

Ask Wayne for a list of Hillside Graduates that did go to college and ask them for some advice on how to get into college

     ·      Next Step: Make these ideas visual: have some sketches and ideas Wayne can react to.

In two or three weeks we should have another meeting with Wayne

     ·      Show him some sketches of our ideas for the college room and some of our other ideas

Regroup on Wednesday after school break 

Entrance Design

Hello,

Just wanted to upload some photos of the entrance design. Markie and I are working out the details and figuring out the construction/materials cost.

Meeting Minutes 2.23.11

Discussed our different T-Shirt Designs and refined them as a group

Becky’s Shirt:

     ·      Moving the phoenix to the side and have it rise up towards the sun on the shoulder

     ·      Text into the rays

Next on the Agenda:

Figure out how to start the process of screen printing

     ·      The Professors will make the screen for the winning t-shirts

    o      Get them all ready to go

     ·      The kids can be part of putting the paint on: not making the screens

    o      We could show them the process but just have them do the printing part

     ·      Make the t-shirts here

    o      With Beth from Fashion

    o      In the basement

Have our finalized T-Shirt designs done by Monday

     ·      Jen will check on what we need to have to show Dusty: deliverables

     ·      Have the T-Shirts done for Hillside by Wednesday and give Hillside a week to look them over 

We have been invited to the Mary Ann Shaw Center Dinner to celebrate public and community service!!

March 30^th: Mary Ann Shaw Center dinner at the Shine Student Center Auditorium

     ·      Make the Table Center Piece: Foldable Brochure

    o      Small table mock ups

     ·      When Wayne gets up to speak he can refer to the center pieces.

     ·      The center piece shouldn’t become a main point but a side project: Use the designs we already  have

    o      Possibly make it hold candles or flowers.

    o      Chris will figure out how much money we have to make the center pieces

     ·      Alison will come up with some concepts for the center piece for our meeting on Monday

Dividing up the groups:

     ·      Markie and Jen are doing a great job on graphics so they should stay in that group

    o      Markie and Jen: Definitely need to get moving on the Entry Foyer. Wayne wants that first

    o      Then the college room, library, room partitions and then other designs

     ·      Becky should start thinking about the library in terms of construction documents and flushing it out

    o      Sabrina should join Becky in that group

     ·      Alison should start working on the module for rationality.

    o      Dan and Alison should do the shop work

New Room Wayne Proposed

     ·      College resource room

    o      Practice interviews, college resources, inspirations

     ·      Sarah and Leeanna can start coming up with concepts for that

    o      Start thinking about our own design ideas too

     ·      Room needs to have a real heavy presence of “Say Yes”

    o      A senior lounge feel

    o      Celebrate making it so far.

                   Highlight all the colleges that take part in Say Yes

    o      Feels sophisticated and formal 

     ·      Set up a time to talk about that with Chris

Chris’s feedback on the brochure

     ·      More of a silhouette of the students: not an obvious representation

Next:

Possibly put something together for the Adobe project competition?

More Brochure Process

This a sample of the brochure we presented last week to Wayne O'Connor at the Hillside, Phoenix School. We plan on using the laser cutter at the Warehouse to cut out the shape of the brochure from recycled material. From there we are going to use a silk screening process to print the perspectives and text on the brochure. This should be a fun project! We plan on teaching some Phoenix School students about the silk screening process. Hopefully they can help us make some of these brochures. It would be a great learning experience for the students and for us as well.

More Mock Ups!

The above pictures are an example of (yet, another) mock up brochure we have designed. This has definitely been a process so far, but a valuable one. I definitely think we're getting there!

Logo

Greetings beautiful people, Markie and I are spending some quality time at the warehouse working on the logo. We were having a hard time with the old logo and getting away from the "serpentine" look. We decided to put together some new ideas. These are pretty rough but we just wanted to get your feedback.

Cheers,
Jen & Marklin

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photos: T-Shirt Charrette

T-Shirt Charrette: Part I

In an effort to raise money for our designs, we held a 1st annual T-Shirt making workshop to highlight and promote future collaborations between Hillside and SU.
Groups of 5 Hillside students worked with 2 SU students to develop a winning graphic that answers the question, "What does Hillside stand for in my life?" The winning design will then be printed at SU's print-lab, giving the Hillside students a unique opportunity to learn the process of silkscreen, and to see their designs realized.

More pic's to come.....

Sunday's Meeting

 

Hey Everybody!

So last Sunday Students for Success met to extensively work through our ideas as a group. We discussed some more ideas for our module table and Dan and Sabrina continued to explore its potential through different forms, connections, and materials. We also worked on finalizing our pamphlet in order to present it to our professors and Wayne, the director of Hillside. We’re making progress! 

Pamphlet Design Process

Hey Everyone!
So the pamphlet is coming along well. We (Becky. Markie, Sara and I) had a productive meeting with Jen this morning and have been working on the pamphlet this afternoon. Here's a shot of the front. Enjoy!

-Jen W.

Meeting Minutes 2.9.11

Meet Sunday before the meeting to do some group discussion

Items to discuss:

     ·      The schedule

   o      We’re going to keep the Wednesday meetings till 5:30 

     ·      Process of making the pamphlets

   o      What is being laser cut and what is being silk screened for sure

     ·      How we are going to delegate tasks

   o      Two people working on the models

                 Dan

                 Sabrina

   o      Four people working on the pamphlet and logo

                 Becky, Jen, Sara, Markie working on the pamphlet and logo

                 Leeanna take pictures of progress and help with logo

     ·      Workshop Plan

   o      Posting sign up sheets for students from the Phoenix Center to  volunteer to get involved with   designing and printing the T-Shirts and Pamphlets

                 Helps to narrow down the number of students who want to get involved

                      Talk to Wayne about how many students are interested or how we should select students    to participate

     ·      Leeanna and Dan can help with organizing the workshops with the kids

                 Designing the T-Shirts with the Phoenix Center kids

                      Meet with them and come up with designs for t-shirt

     ·      And then come up with three designs they can choose from

   o      The whole group goes to Phoenix Center and have a workshop with the students.

   o      Meet them on a Thursday at 4:00 (preferably next Thursday)

                 Have the pamphlet done so we can show Wayne and get his feedback

   o      When we meet with Dusty to learn screen printing we should have the pamphlet done to burn the screens at the tutorials

                 Students writing in testimonials

Sunday goals Meeting Sunday at 2:00 in Colab

     ·      Crit logo

     ·      Talk about t-shirt design for silk screening workshop

     ·      Finalize pamphlet

     ·      Critique Pamphlet

     ·      Discuss partition Models with Sabrina and Dan

We’re going for the Matt Board for the pamphlets

     ·      Dan is going to get the rest of the matt board for the pamphlets

   o      The size of the matt board is 14x17

     ·      Ask Alison to come in Sunday and help us with the laser cutting

   o      Have some models of the pamphlet before Sunday to see how it should all fold together.

Jen Sara, Jen H Becky and Markie are meeting Tuesday at 12:00 to talk about the Pamphlet 

Meeting Minutes 2.7.11

Dan communicated with people from the Art Store: once we figure out what we’ll need for supplies we’ll probably be able to work out cost with the Art Supply Store.

     ·      Dan can get  scraps of Matt board from the art store in various sizes donated

Chris McCray called the Phoenix Center but hasn’t heard back from them

     ·      Might do screen printing with the Phoenix Center kids on a Saturday

   o      Maybe do a smaller screen printing project with them so they can take something away from the                     experience

               T-shirts or something

Markie worked on the Logo

Jen and Sabrina worked on the models:

     ·      Thinking about a standard size and playing with the spaces for different notches

     ·      Different inserts and combinations

   o      How to store the tablets

     ·      We need to see a model to see how it works

   o      We should keep the model simple.

We will be meeting at Comart next monday at 5:15 in the printlab.

     ·      Jen and Sabrina will be taking Petra's final models and doing modifications to them in the shop.

   o      formulating a bulleted list of the possibilities associated with the module

     ·      Next class, they will show us how they will work

After that, we will be talking more with John Truex about the construction drawings

Becky provided a sample of line drawings taken from sketchup and put into illustrator for laser etching.

     ·      Decided this was appropriate format

     ·       chose 4 more line drawings for the backs of the cards.

     ·      The line drawings are: Becky's library, Markie's entry, the module itself in different configurations, the Hallway, and a modification of the outdoor space.

Jen H made a sketchup model of the different components and a small video to post on blog.

Markie provided a color palette based on the entryway.

Here's a short film documenting existing conditions, interactive charrettes between Hillside and SU students, and some final conceptual pieces.

Thanks to Wayne O'Connor and youtube for the voice-overs.

more to come!

Meeting Minutes 2.2.11

Here's some of the team discussing some logo ideas!

Introducing new members:

·      Sabrina, Alison, Dan

  o      Dan: new member interested in helping kids learn creative skills

               Not doing if for credit, just because he wants to.

Discussed Firm Name:

·      Students helping students

  o      About creative education

·      Ed on Ed

·      Student to Student  S2S student (arrow) student/ success

·      Design on Ed

·      Students designing education

·      Designing for the future

·      Design for a Difference

·      A (arrow) Z design

Firm name: Students for Success

Project name: Phoenix Rising

Total Phoenix Rising: Students for Success

Brochure Progress

·      Intro to the story of what we’re doing

·      Using renderings of what we have

·      Design of the model

·      Brochure Design: Pamphlet design

  o      Opens in a sequence

  o      The outline of the table shape could be a border/outline

·      Positives

  o      The fold, allusion to table shape,

  o      The fold allows a story to unfold

·      Possible Issues

  o      Production of it: strange format

  o      We should probably keep it to a traditional size

                11X17 is the best price range

                We could possibly use the laser cutter

                Print them all 11X17 double sided, stack them all up and then print them on the laser     cutter

                      Even cut out the notches on the laser cutter

                      Try and them to fit well on an 11x17 sheet to save paper.

                      Or even make them larger: like presentation boards

·      Play with scale

·      We’ll need probably 150 to 200 brochures

·      Thinking about responsible materials

  o      printing on craft paper/cereal boxes/reused papers

·      Having students hand write their testimonials into the brochure

  o      Having the laser cut out line drawings, photos of the students, and text.

                Scoring

  o      Keeping the images simple so that it isn’t expensive

·      Changing our renderings into sketches highlighting the most important ideas

  o      Have one person do them so they’re all cohesive

  o      Possibly do them on cad

                Nice clean drawings on rough material (cereal boxes)

·      Laser cutter seems like the way to go

·      We should do a sample print first

·      Start getting boxes from Hillside

·      Silk screen them instead of printing

  o      Phoenix center kids could come and help us

  o      Could say produced by phoenix center

                Writing testimonials on them

Plan of action

·      Figure out how it will get cut out: Jen

·      Layout design: Jen

·      Secure the materials: Alison

·      Logos: Markie

·      Jen and Becky and Sabrina will start to experiment with table panels

·      Sarah can turn a rendering into a line drawing and print it on the laser cutter to see what it looks like.

Leave the cereal box exposed

·      Sticky tape Markie’s image on the cover

  o      Could mass print on a big sticker 

·      Line drawings on the inside

Decided to meet Mondays for quick meetings and Wednesday for longer meetings

Doing a silk screening workshop and writing workshop for testimonials

·      Teaching the phoenix center students screen printing skills.