Type_ Competition
Host_Storefront Manitoba
Year_2020
brief
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International design challenge for permanent installations along Winnipeg and Manitoba’s trail systems.
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An intervention that has the power to bring people together, a place to rest, people watch, and ponder one’s surroundings.
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Budget (Site #1): $6,500 CAD.
Tree's Company (Site #1)
What happened to the trees on Graham Avenue’s sidewalk?
We propose returning the urban site to its former green glory.
The bench multi-functions as a tree life preserver. Its ring-shape shields the tree from vehicles & road salt. Its articulated surface is a geometric projection of the tree canopy above, and offers a variety of seating options along with sculpted armrests and backrests.
As a reference to the prairie landscape, the bench is milled out of large segments of local Tyndall limestone.
What better company than a tree?
Come and sit on on the bench... (Come and sit in the shade)
Take a seat that is new... (Take a seat around the tree)
We’ve a loveable space that needs your face,
Tree’s company, too.
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