Drop-In
FA22
2022 AIA Cleveland Honor Award in the Maker's Category
In collaboration with Logan West, Logan Ali, and Dominic Holiday
The architectural discipline has constantly investigated the relationship between form and function. It’s understood that an object’s form prescribes a defined and intended purpose. Yet, what happens when people begin to interrogate this idea? How does design begin to address the possibility for the function to outlive its form? Drop-In investigates these themes as a small, grass-roots, urban intervention in the downtown area of Kent, OH. As a part of Park(ing) Day, a public participatory project where people worldwide temporarily repurpose curbside parking spaces and convert them into public parks, our team partnered with a local small business, Dirty Skate Company, to host the event. The installation sought to bring a community generally restricted in their public territory by designers together for a day of skating. The success of the project was measured by the scuff marks left by the users representing their own physical and social impact left on the project.