Build Your Own Reclaimed Frame

December 18th 11:00-2:00 at the ReBuilding Exchange
Get into the holiday spirit with our hands on frame building workshop. In this workshop, Raun Meyn will instruct you in how to build a 8x10" frame out of reclaimed materials from the ReBuilding Exchange. Handmade gifts are the best way to show you care and you can take home the skills to build more. This workshop costs $45.00 and includes all materials.

To see more of Raun's craftsmenship, check out his website: http://foundrefurnishings.com/home.html

To RSVP: email Meegan at meegan@rebuildingexchange.org

Karl Emanuel's Table from RX Lumber

This table and bench set was created by Karl Emanuel and Syndy Ziegenfuss. They used reclaimed floor joists and finished them off with sanding and lots of coats of marine varnish.

RX Wall Paneling part of "Hideous Beast-Survival School" Installation

Hideous Beast is a collaborative effort between two artists, Josh Ippel and Charlie Roderick. Through organizing structured participatory events we attempt to encourage cultural activity outside the bounds of mainstream entertainment and fabricated desire.

Please check out their website to read more about the Survival School installation and to see more photos.

http://www.hideousbeast.com/projects/survivalschool

Glasses crafted out of all salvaged materials by Blake Sloane

Blake Sloane has been volunteering in the shop with Cynthia helping train, create, and design. He has crafted these glasses 100% out of salvaged materials. Hinges, lenses, and red oak.



To see more of his creations check out his website: http://www.blakesloane.com/c+d.html

Design for Reuse Primer

“Building green” is often linked with higher levels of energy efficiency or improved air quality. Even when considered, the sustainable materials market tends to focus on sustainably harvested materials or materials with recycled content. Yet, repurposing materials directly from the waste stream is the ultimate form of resource conservation.

The 15 diverse projects in the Design for Reuse Primer demonstrate new models of “building green.” Material reuse is always integral to a sustainable vision of how to tread lightly on the earth, be economically pragmatic, and nurture a community. From a school for children with learning differences to a center for holistic living, these case studies are intended to provide insights about the material reuse process in a wide variety of context. By discussing the challenges and demonstrating the benefits of reclaimed materials, we hope to demystify and inspire reuse.

The Design for Reuse Primer is part of a larger initiative to bring reuse stories to light. Stay tuned in the coming months for best practices from industry leaders, links to resources, and more stories from the field.


For more details go to: http://www.designforreuse.org/Design_for_Reuse/default.htm

Humboldt Park Presentation: Celebrating Jens Jensen’s 150th Birthday

As part of the Chicago Park District and Parkways Foundation series of events celebrating the life and work of Jens Jensen, a presentation will be offered at Humboldt Park Boathouse, 1359 N. Sacramento, Chicago. The event will be free and open to the public


September 29 at 6:00 pm

Julia S. Bachrach, Chicago Park District Historian will present “Humboldt Park: Jens Jensen's Living Laboratory." Jensen’s redesign of Humboldt Park between 1906 and 1908 provided an exciting opportunity for him. He had lived in the neighborhood for several years and had served as the park’s superintendent in the 1890s. Inspired by natural Midwestern scenery, Jensen created the park’s prairie river, edging it with native plants, rocky cascades, and stepping stone paths. He also incorporated Prairie style architecture in to the park, most notably the Boat House and Refectory designed by Schmidt, Garden and Martin. Ms. Bachrach will bring to life Jensen’s exciting transformation of the park.

Edward Torrez, AIA of Bauer Latoza Studios, presents "The Boathouse: Then and Now.” He will show the meticulous process of untaken by the architects of the restoration of this landmark building which originally housed boat storage, concessions, and provided a warming shelter for ice skaters and a public gathering space for summertime. The 2002 restoration project has won a number of awards including the Richard H. Driehaus Preservation Project of the Year.

Join us for an inquiry in affordable housing

Please join our friends Mike Newman, Rashmi Ramaswamy, and Helen Slade for an opening reception 5-6 PM Wednesday September 22, 2010. Check out the interactive display that they made out of RX materials.