I would just like to say that I hope we can all make it through the next week! I wish everyone some serious luck and sleep!
aww....
Mar 29, 2007
Mar 21, 2007
Mar 18, 2007
Mar 17, 2007
Mar 16, 2007
DECONSTRUCTION final phase
Tomorrow we will start between 9:00 and 10:00, even with the hangovers. If you have a broom bring it, as well as any kind of camera. This will be the final weekend.
Mar 15, 2007
Friday Night (The Boot)
This Friday, anybody who is interested should join fellow stigmatians, and others, for a night full of debauchery and mayhem in honor of Adam Grove. We will be celebrating his 37th birthday. A boot from Royal Bavaria sounds quite tasty, so we will meet there around 7:30 if that works for everybody. After several boots, and several restroom trips, we will go where the night takes us, hopefully Sugars, only to please Sofia though, I really think that place is disgusting.
Mar 14, 2007
Mar 11, 2007
Mar 10, 2007
Coffee and Doughnuts.
What a good way to get a sunburn. I feel like I lost twenty minutes of my life; the breath of stale plaster/concrete dust.
Mar 9, 2007
Hey everybody...
My name is Dr. Nick, I am here now to enlighten you. Marjorie told me to tell you merehhhhhhhhhhhhh.
Mar 8, 2007
DECONSTRUCTION phase II
DISMANTLE: petro-stop
Tomorrow between three and three-thirty I will be at the site, for those interested I will see you there. We have many tools but if you have a cordless drill bring it. There is a chance of intermittent rain showers tomorrow but, it does not appear to be significant so I think we will be okay to work. The Asbestos inspection occured this past Tuesday, it takes ten days from the the day of inspection for the city to issue a demolition permit; the property owners have a demolition contract and are only waiting for the permit to materialize.
Tomorrow evening I will host a pot luck at my house, I'll do the main course, I am thinking fried catfish however still open to suggestions, vegitarians what would work for you?
Saturday morning we will commence once again and see how far we can get. Lets plan on meeting at 9:00.
Tomorrow between three and three-thirty I will be at the site, for those interested I will see you there. We have many tools but if you have a cordless drill bring it. There is a chance of intermittent rain showers tomorrow but, it does not appear to be significant so I think we will be okay to work. The Asbestos inspection occured this past Tuesday, it takes ten days from the the day of inspection for the city to issue a demolition permit; the property owners have a demolition contract and are only waiting for the permit to materialize.
Tomorrow evening I will host a pot luck at my house, I'll do the main course, I am thinking fried catfish however still open to suggestions, vegitarians what would work for you?
Saturday morning we will commence once again and see how far we can get. Lets plan on meeting at 9:00.
Mar 6, 2007
Mar 4, 2007
Chair Affair
Cardboard + Ass = Chair
the construction of the chair requires it to be made completely out of cardboard using any sort of glue. nothing else.
deadline: March 15
www.aias.org/chairaffair
winning prize: $2500 - along with smaller cash prizes
scott and i are pursuing this competition. my personal goal is to get it done by the 11th so that I can spend the rest of the time on the other deadline... studio. if anyone has any spare moderately-sized pieces of cardboard (preferably used-clean cardboard) please let us know. we're both entering our own separate designs.
the construction of the chair requires it to be made completely out of cardboard using any sort of glue. nothing else.
deadline: March 15
www.aias.org/chairaffair
winning prize: $2500 - along with smaller cash prizes
scott and i are pursuing this competition. my personal goal is to get it done by the 11th so that I can spend the rest of the time on the other deadline... studio. if anyone has any spare moderately-sized pieces of cardboard (preferably used-clean cardboard) please let us know. we're both entering our own separate designs.
notice two: DECONSTRUCTION
Sunny and short sleves, no chapping today. Daniel, Sandy, Sofia, myself and Scott's tools were on site this afternoon and considerable progress was made. The roof of the west section is completely removed and much of the ceiling knocked down. Daniel and I were able to remove two large sections of the west parapet wall and the remaining section is not far from being freed. Some progress was also made on the north wing wall, many welds have been cut though a few difficult to locate welds still remain.
Tomorrow I should have a much better feel for the developers demolishion plans and we can move foward accordingly. A couple of people have volunteered to leave studio early Friday with the thought of working through the afternoon and early evening with pot luck dinner to follow at my house. For those able we will reconvene Saturday morning and see how far we can get. Scott has several ideas for lowering the roof top heat pump and Daniel and I have put some thought into how we will remove the roof and structure below. After four o'clock Friday afternoon we can get a generator and only be charged forty dollars for the weekend. I will cover the generator for this weekend but next weekend perhaps the cost can split up among the group.
We also have a number of new photos which will post tomorrow.
We should be very proud of ourselves for an excellent weekend.
Tomorrow I should have a much better feel for the developers demolishion plans and we can move foward accordingly. A couple of people have volunteered to leave studio early Friday with the thought of working through the afternoon and early evening with pot luck dinner to follow at my house. For those able we will reconvene Saturday morning and see how far we can get. Scott has several ideas for lowering the roof top heat pump and Daniel and I have put some thought into how we will remove the roof and structure below. After four o'clock Friday afternoon we can get a generator and only be charged forty dollars for the weekend. I will cover the generator for this weekend but next weekend perhaps the cost can split up among the group.
We also have a number of new photos which will post tomorrow.
We should be very proud of ourselves for an excellent weekend.
let's add a member!
I've talked to a few of you about this already, but here it is out in the open and for everyone to agree or disagree on.
I think Matt Peacock should be added to ΔSTIGMA at this stage. I think Matt is just as enthusiastic about all the things we have discussed so far. Beyond the fact that he is my friend, i consider Peacock to be an outside of the box thinker and a very informed person. I would hate for us all to miss out on the ideas he can bring forth as ΔSTIGMA evolves.
Please comment. Include yes or no.
I think Matt Peacock should be added to ΔSTIGMA at this stage. I think Matt is just as enthusiastic about all the things we have discussed so far. Beyond the fact that he is my friend, i consider Peacock to be an outside of the box thinker and a very informed person. I would hate for us all to miss out on the ideas he can bring forth as ΔSTIGMA evolves.
Please comment. Include yes or no.
Mar 3, 2007
notice one: DECONSTRUCTION
Our faces are quite chapped after withstanding a day of hurling wind under a cloudless blue sky. We made a great deal of progress and everyone put forth an incredible effort. I returned to the site this evening to better understand the roof deck and what our next step may be. The roof deck has an occasional weld but, for the most part is held down by a few easy to locate screws. I removed three and a half sheets with very little difficulty and in doing so exposed another major structural member; this one under the cantilever. Harm stopped by and was impressed with our effort and progress. We discussed the mounting debris. At the first of the week he is going to contact Precision Builders to see if they will furnish us a dumpster. We also talked about renting a piece of equipment to help with lowering the structure and heat pump on the roof. More will follow about this.
For those interested I plan to return to the site at one o'clock tomorrow afternoon to finish removing the roof deck and parapet on the west facade. Someone will need to contact Habitat this week about the sink, light fixtures, etc. we have to offer them. Nicole suggested we search for a grant in relation to this project. A little extra money could never hurt. Furthermore, I think we should contact the Norman Transcript and see if we can have them do a story about this project and somehow tie it to architecture in the communtity at large, I also think we could approach Susan Senazey [sic] from Metropolis about this project. When she visited OU a few years ago she had a great deal of enthusiasm for projects of this nature and I think there is potential for her to include a small segment in her magazine about us. Its worth a try.
Check out Sofia's photos, she is going to have a video soon too. This is all for now, respond with what you think.
For those interested I plan to return to the site at one o'clock tomorrow afternoon to finish removing the roof deck and parapet on the west facade. Someone will need to contact Habitat this week about the sink, light fixtures, etc. we have to offer them. Nicole suggested we search for a grant in relation to this project. A little extra money could never hurt. Furthermore, I think we should contact the Norman Transcript and see if we can have them do a story about this project and somehow tie it to architecture in the communtity at large, I also think we could approach Susan Senazey [sic] from Metropolis about this project. When she visited OU a few years ago she had a great deal of enthusiasm for projects of this nature and I think there is potential for her to include a small segment in her magazine about us. Its worth a try.
Check out Sofia's photos, she is going to have a video soon too. This is all for now, respond with what you think.
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