First place prize – $750
Second place – $500
Third place – $350

The Common Build 2011 jury:

Brandy H. M. Brooks, Director of the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence
Shauna Gillies-Smith, Principal of Ground
David Grissino, Senior Architect at the Boston Redevelopment Authority
Michelle Laboy, Associate at Maryann Thompson Architects
Lee Moreau, Principal at Continuum
Zach Youngerman, Master of City Planning candidate at MIT

Come celebrate the success of designers who have executed projects in the third annual Common Boston Common Build competition. Awards will be announced, project on display & refreshments served.

In this competition, participants—comprising teams and individuals from all disciplines and experience levels—are challenged to design and build a response to community needs. Specifically, the design must address the physical and social needs of a real client (announced at kick-off!) and incorporate a common material donated by the Building Materials Resource Center. Even when created in less than 72 hours, an innovative and influential response to real problems can alter the way we interact with and understand the built environment and create tangible benefits for the community.

First place prize – $750
Second place – $500
Third place – $350

The Common Build 2011 jury:

Brandy H. M. Brooks, Director of the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence
Shauna Gillies-Smith, Principal of Ground
David Grissino, Senior Architect at the Boston Redevelopment Authority
Michelle Laboy, Associate at Maryann Thompson Architects
Lee Moreau, Principal at Continuum
Zach Youngerman, Master of City Planning candidate at MIT

One year ago, the City of Boston declared the South Boston Waterfront an “Innovation District.” As we know, the ID comes with great amenities: proximity to the city’s financial center, great views of Boston Harbor, and Fort Point Channel – a neighborhood that has already been home to artists and innovators for thirty years. The ID is also an unusual opportunity for a major American city: few if any can boast as much undeveloped land in such a prime location. However, since the District is still in the early stages of development it’s difficult for many of us to imagine what it will, or could, be in the future. We hope you’ll join us in crafting the conversation about Boston’s new Innovation District as we imagine how to create a truly innovative district – one that sets an example of sustainable, equitable, and inspiring design for not only Boston but for the world.

Related events:

Forum Reception: 6:30-7pm
Forum: 7-8:30pm, Shepley Bulfinch, 2 Seaport Lane Boston, MA 02210

Register for the Boat Tour:

Waitlisted

One year ago, the City of Boston declared the South Boston Waterfront an “Innovation District.” As we know, the ID comes with great amenities: proximity to the city’s financial center, great views of Boston Harbor, and Fort Point Channel – a neighborhood that has already been home to artists and innovators for thirty years. The ID is also an unusual opportunity for a major American city: few if any can boast as much undeveloped land in such a prime location. However, since the District is still in the early stages of development it’s difficult for many of us to imagine what it will, or could, be in the future. We hope you’ll join us in crafting the conversation about Boston’s new Innovation District as we imagine how to create a truly innovative district – one that sets an example of sustainable, equitable, and inspiring design for not only Boston but for the world.

Common Boston and UNDA have invited panelists with a diverse range of expertise, representing the creativity that has defined the Fort Point community over the past few decades and can make the Innovation District an inspiration for the future.

Panel:

David Hacin FAIA, President of Hacin + Associates Inc.
Clifford Stoltze, Founder of Stoltze Design
Jason Hanna, CEO and Co-Founder of Greentown Labs
John Werner, Managing Director of Citizen Schools
Barbara Lynch, Chef and Founder of Barbara Lynch Gruppo

Related events:

Boat Tour *Waitlisted*: 5-6:30pm, Leaves from Atlantic Wharf, Ends at the World Trade Center
Forum: 7-8:30pm

Register for the Forum:

One year ago, the City of Boston declared the South Boston Waterfront an “Innovation District.” As we know, the ID comes with great amenities: proximity to the city’s financial center, great views of Boston Harbor, and Fort Point Channel – a neighborhood that has already been home to artists and innovators for thirty years. The ID is also an unusual opportunity for a major American city: few if any can boast as much undeveloped land in such a prime location. However, since the District is still in the early stages of development it’s difficult for many of us to imagine what it will, or could, be in the future. We hope you’ll join us in crafting the conversation about Boston’s new Innovation District as we imagine how to create a truly innovative district – one that sets an example of sustainable, equitable, and inspiring design for not only Boston but for the world.

Common Boston and UNDA have invited panelists with a diverse range of expertise, representing the creativity that has defined the Fort Point community over the past few decades and can make the Innovation District an inspiration for the future.

Panel:

David Hacin FAIA, President of Hacin + Associates Inc.
Clifford Stoltze, Founder of Stoltze Design
Jason Hanna, CEO and Co-Founder of Greentown Labs
John Werner, Managing Director of Citizen Schools
Barbara Lynch, Chef and Founder of Barbara Lynch Gruppo

Related events:

Boat Tour *Waitlisted*: 5-6:30pm, Leaves from Atlantic Wharf, Ends at the World Trade Center
Forum Reception: 6:30-7pm

Register for the Forum:

Thursday, June 16th Fort Point Channel, Harbor Walk (290 Congress Street)
Monday June 20th Brattle Square
Tuesday June 21st Copley Square

Registration through Rappaport Center at Suffolk:

Join board members of the Designers Lighting Forum of New England (DLF-NE) for a stroll around Fort Point Channel and the South Boston waterfront to view and discuss the creative, colorful and sustainable ways we illuminate our civic realm. Presenters include Lana Nathe, principal of Light Insight Design Studio, and Adam Kibbe, principal of Collaborative Lighting.

Free and open to the public. Cash bar.

Who builds our neighborhoods? That’s the question photographers across the city responded to for this year’s photo project, showcasing the people who build the places in which we live—the builders, designers, carpenters and others who have shaped the physical, intellectual and social fabric of our neighborhoods. Check out the images on the Carpenters Center’s Media Wall (seen from I-93) and/or visit the Carpenters Center at 750 Dorchester Avenue or online at www.cbphotoproject.org.