stone center of inequality dynamics (2020)
renovation
ann arbor, mi
involvement:
- drawing set - interiors - furniture research - workshop facilitation and organization/design of activities for sessions - concept diagrams
firm:
- rvtr
partners:
- institute of social research, university of michigan
learn more:
- Stone CID - Progress and Updates
renovation
ann arbor, mi
involvement:
- drawing set - interiors - furniture research - workshop facilitation and organization/design of activities for sessions - concept diagrams
firm:
- rvtr
partners:
- institute of social research, university of michigan
learn more:
- Stone CID - Progress and Updates
The Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics, through the Rackham Grant, sought to renovate their new co-working area into an egalitarian and inclusive space that fostered mutual learning and scientific innovation while building a diverse intellectual community within the Sociology school.
Throughout 2 focus group sessions, students and researchers were invited to consider personal methods and preferred environments for work and collaboration, expressing their ideas in conversations and text.
Participants were then encouraged to draw ideal configurations in smaller groups, graduating eventually to a room wide workshop collaboration. Using a kit of acrylic furniture parts on a larger floor plan as a facilitating device, the group was able to cycle through multiple configurations while making joint decisions of the public to private distributions of available space.
The resulting design is centerd around an open studio model, in which moveable furniture can shift into various formations for the multiple programs hosted in the hub.
Throughout 2 focus group sessions, students and researchers were invited to consider personal methods and preferred environments for work and collaboration, expressing their ideas in conversations and text.
Participants were then encouraged to draw ideal configurations in smaller groups, graduating eventually to a room wide workshop collaboration. Using a kit of acrylic furniture parts on a larger floor plan as a facilitating device, the group was able to cycle through multiple configurations while making joint decisions of the public to private distributions of available space.
The resulting design is centerd around an open studio model, in which moveable furniture can shift into various formations for the multiple programs hosted in the hub.
completed construction:
workshop 1:
workshop 2:
