Thanks for the great comments/interests/insights! Yes, a local business partner would be great, perhaps financing and experience in one shot... Would be glad to discuss radical feminist/ecology insights and how they could inform this process... Lake Claire and East Lake are great, I would like to see many more varied builders/styles ala the old village way, all building to the zero lot line and collaborating, but the CONCEPT and functionality are there... haven't been up in a few years. Hartford? I am originally from Waterbury... you know "where the forces of scum meet the forces of slime".... ; ) Yes my goals are clear, but steps there are not always as easy for me to see, the business road is quite treacherous, so I catch myself looking down at my feet, sometimes behind me, and it's easy to loose sight of the big picture, or to get discouraged that where you are is heading there... Faith anyone? Perhaps it's difficult, simply, for people who don't like money, to realize it is the medium they must work with to accomplish those goals.... but I digress...
YES, the furniture idea is a good one... I make all my pieces out of salvaged materials, found objects, old broken furniture and fast renewables such as bamboo ply... I am furnishing an orthodontist office in East Hampton, also LEED accrediting it, not such a green thing though, as I live in Gainesville FL and have to drive the stuff up in a Uhaul... so I would rather just document what I do and let others replicate it closer to the points of end use... there's that missed money opportunity thing again.... maybe I could consult??? :) The key to the art space working with co-working is in the furnishing, and how it behaves within the general interior built environment/ design of the space. Movable, lightweight, yet sound-attenuating furnishings allow rapid scalability and change.... I am designing a row of 16 semi divided desks (3 foot top, 2 foot bottom shelf, un- stacked equal 5 foot of 18 inch high platform) that turn into a stage with dividers becoming acoustic wall treatments in 1/2 hour with a team of 3 or 4... thus allowing the workspace to become a performance space, or an art studio with 5x5 sculpture platforms, etc., for our monthly artwalk. As for the artists, they are super quite, and can work along the walls, as the tekkies type away in the center "spine." Many of our artists are already into graphic design, some are into logo, stencil, textile printing, and graffiti, etc... all of this can be pulled from by the developers and web designers. Really it makes a lot of sense.... at least in theory..... I am a bit of both, tech and artist, so maybe I'm biased??? Any thoughts anyone, how well received would a bunch of artists be in a co-working space.... perhaps it has to be an artspace first??? hmmmm. On Apr 3, 12:47 am, "Raines Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Filbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My long term plan, and education, is to facilitate the > > health of community networks through the construction of the built > > environment. > > Welcome, Chris! It's excellent that you have a clear goal like that, one > that can make it easier to prioritize short-term goals and evaluate the > "opportunity cost" in a way that can help you make the most > effective/productive choices towards that goal. > > I essentially want to develop real estate that is human > > > scaled, healthy, and conscious in how affects human interaction. I > > have a Masters in Construction Management from UF with concentration > > in Sustainable Construction, and am a LEED AP (USGBC). > > Oooh, another greenie! Coworking does seem to attract us. I'm just a > Certified Green Building Professional (courtesy of the regional organization > Build It Green), but I am part of a study group working on Leadership in > Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional test prep with the > United States Green Building Council (expanding the acronyms for the benefit > of this list, which may not be up on our jargon. > > The Construction Management degree and experience could be especially useful > in creating spaces... many people have visions, but having the tools in hand > (in brain?) to effectively create them is rare... and potentially valuable, > to groups as well as to designers/professionals/developers. > > the > > > devaluation of unpaid labor and the subsequent breakdown of human and > > ecological systems that ensued- and that we must heartily reverse. > > I imagine some on this list would be interested in that exploration, > particularly in the context of integrating childcare with coworking (a la > Cubicles and Crayons) and how rates are set for different kinds of work and > the degree to which coworking replicates or challenges the dominant > paradigm. > > I > > > interned with Village Habitat Designwww.villagehabitat.comin > > Hotlanta developing Co-Housing projects > > I've visited both East Lake Commons and Lake Claire Commons... both > beautiful in their own way, with architectural elements that foster > community. > > > [cohousing <http://www.cohousing.org/>]... is this where Co-working > > got its coinage??? or is it simply from co-worker?? > > It seems to be a parallel evolution. Check the wikipedia > entry<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coworking>(especially the > discussion page) for more on its naming. You may find some > slight overlap in that: > - both attract creative professionals looking for different ways to do > things cooperatively > - both benefit from group-process skills development, consensus, > communications etc. > - both get stereotyped by mass media sometimes as "hippie commune > throwbacks" or whatnot... see this week's CNN item for an example. > > > Business plans being my weak point, and already having lost a year > > rent, I will be busy studying this site and modifying the CubeSpace > > plan for my location... I am booked up with very intense installations > > this whole month (which I won't do again) but am looking for co- > > workers to join the artists and I already, well, co-working. > > It sounds like you could use a local business partner to help put the pieces > together and complement your strengths and needs. I've visited CubeSpace, > and it's hard to imagine how an art space could use the same membership or > space-rental model as a tech-centered collaborative office suite, but we're > not about to stop you. > > PS I make my living building furniture and have a woodshop in the > > > back, total sf is 3300, w/ a nice courtyard. The name is George's Meet > > and Produce, after the original circa 30' store, "George's Meat and > > Produce." > > Hmmm, perhaps there's a market for coworking furniture? Desks with niches > for laptop power boxes and iPod earbuds? ;-) Tables that are light enough > but large enough but modular enough and sturdy enough? > > Raines Cohen, Coworking Coach <http://www.coworkingcoach.com/> > Who greatly enjoyed the Group 88 <http://www.group88.us/> coworking launch > near Hartford last night, and, thanks to a ride from another participant > (and another passenger who may be joining BetaHouse), is unexpectedly in > Cambridge, MA for 24 hours. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
