Carnival Entry Gate and Temporary Theatre
Submitted by Thomas Ahleman on Thu, 10/30/2008 - 11:57.
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Each year a carnival occupies a parking lot on the edge of St. Louis for a weekend. A fence is drawn around the perimeter to control access. There are rides, food, games and performances in temporary theatres. The entrance to our theatre, staging a medieval-themed skit, was a dragon made of wood framing, chicken wire and sheet metal scales. The organizers also held a competition for the design of a gate that could be erected by the designers. Our winning installation took advantage of materials reclaimed from the carnival itself: chain link, scaffolding, clear drop clothes and paint. We suspended shopping carts (memories of other parking lots) from stacked scaffolding on one side of the entry and large, clear drop clothes painted with the carnival's logo on the other.
Gate project team: Chad Smith, Karl Adalbert and Raita Nakajima.
| Title | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Feature 1 | Re-Purposed Materials | Good design anticipates the effects of time on buildings. |
| Feature 2 | Design/Build | Re-using materials from the existing building can save money and reduce the waste stream. |
| Feature 3 | Funnel Cakes | - |