In November of 2015 I took part in the second class of the ermging architecture & design school called Design.Build.Research. or DBR. Over the course of 5 months a mixed group of students from 4 universities designed and rapidly built a double A-Frame structure for TED2015. I was the student project manager and facilitated with the teachers, workers and students as well as delegating task. The pace of the course was rapid with design ideation leading into the structural drafting then into frame building and leading into the final install at TED 2015.
https://www.dbr-school.org/ted-marquee
Exert taken From the DBR Course Webpage:
“The Lions Marquee structure sits on the waterfront overlooking the magnificent North Shore Mountains and Stanley Park. It also sits next to the beautiful Vancouver Convention Centre.The Lions Marquee is built to enclose a temporary TED2015 picnic space on the west plaza of the Convention Centre. The structure will ultimately be moved to a new home in the Downtown East Side of Vancouver to become a market.The Marquee is designed and built by 17 students from 4 universities, with various project partners, under the direction of the not for profit DBR | Design Build Research Institute.”
