>02.27.2008 Letter Head + Donations

Thanks to the graphic savy of Sara our group was able to utilize a pamplhet to make initial conatacts to cemex, cemex deliverables, home depot and lowes. Following the initial contact I created a letter head for our group and wrote letters describing our project and our donation needs. From this we aquired 200$ from Home Depot. Cemex is will bring concrete to our site from left over pours and Cemex has requested permission from the head quarters in Spartanburg to donate or discount our custom mix used for our signage block. Also Lowe's is currently going through its process to donate to the site.

>02.21.2008 Concrete Cast

The concrete cast was a particularly successful series of days due to the class overlap in the process. The girls (SAB JF) designed and thought out the form. I was in charge of the mold fabrication and file set up for the CNC router. It was interesting working with the designers to realize their ideas. Blaine stepped in to optimize the internal structure and helped setup the exterior frame. At the end of the day everyone helped pour and prep the mold. All in all it was a very successful day for Stewardship South.

>02.10.2008 Reflection on Pendleton Site Cleanup

The united way clean up on Saturday Febuary 09, 2008 at the Pendleton site brought together a few members of the Pendleton team and prominent members of pendleton's leadership and service core. Not only was it refreshing to engage in some physical change on the site ( I removed overgrown grass to reveal a nice brick patio around the Ron box) it was also nice to engage with members of the Pendleton community. After some discussion with the mayor, I now have a better understanding of how to make the community "own' the site, ie love for it and care for it. It will take a few presentations, but the end result could mean power for lighting the site and a proper maintenece crew. Things are lookin up.

>02.10.2008 Progress, Process

The porch has always been thought of as spilling forth into the landscape, and combination of memorializing the old porch and inserting its purpose back through the landscap. Easier said then done. The top image shows an idealized sketch of our site plan. The concept centers around extending certain lines throgh the site, connecting it and uniting it. After the finalzing of the site, I designed a series of cascading stairs which move from the front porch and blead into the landscape, following the lines of the site. The current (and perhaps close to final) iteration utilizins and egg crated deck which also incorportates seating, circulation, and site lines into is surface. The three foot module continues throughout the landscape.