lockmat Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...mp;event_id=4588am-4pm(Note: Site visit is Saturday, July 19)Reservations required www.rda.rice.eduWith its hike and bike trails, lush landscaping, exciting public art, and imaginative lunar lighting scheme, Buffalo Bayou is being transformed into an active and vibrant waterfront destination in downtown Houston. Routine flooding, however, restricts other entertainment from further activating this valuable public space. But does it have to? For its 2008 Design Charrette, Rice Design Alliance joins with Buffalo Bayou Partnership to investigate how Houston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...mp;event_id=4588am-4pm(Note: Site visit is Saturday, July 19)Reservations required www.rda.rice.eduWith its hike and bike trails, lush landscaping, exciting public art, and imaginative lunar lighting scheme, Buffalo Bayou is being transformed into an active and vibrant waterfront destination in downtown Houston. Routine flooding, however, restricts other entertainment from further activating this valuable public space. But does it have to? For its 2008 Design Charrette, Rice Design Alliance joins with Buffalo Bayou Partnership to investigate how Houston's design community can "stir things up" along Buffalo Bayou by creating a movable "kiosk" system. Potential activation sites include the bayou's 10-mile trail system, the Allen Parkway "dog park," Sabine Promenade, and Sesquicentennial Park. For more information, visit www.rda.rice.edu or call 713.348.4876This could get ugly. I mean, really. Dog Park, maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Did you ever notice that people in the design and planning communities really like to have "charrettes"? You can go years, and never hear about "charrettes" in any other context. Why does this bother me? I'm not quite sure, it just does.Putting senseless fussing about the name aside, it does sound like an interesting program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted June 28, 2008 Author Share Posted June 28, 2008 This would be something else good to go to...http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...mp;event_id=414Good City, Good Citizen: Vision Wednesday, July 23, 2008; 7 p.m. John Kaliski, Founder, Urban Studio, Los Angeles Stephen Klineberg, Professor, Sociology, Rice University Taking our lead from John Kaliski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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