Village Building Convergence 2010
Project Coordinator: Kim Smith | Sylvania Campus
PCC Sylvania's Learning Garden Project
Be a part of City Repair's 10th Village Building Convergence (VBC), May 28-June 6. This is PCC's first year participating in the VBC and we invite you to join in our Learning Garden Project.
City Repair is committed to educating and inspiring communities and individuals to creatively transform the places where they live. The annual Village Building Convergence facilitates artistic and ecologically-oriented placemaking through projects that honor the interconnection of human communities and the natural world.
Portland Community College invites you to help us build community and have fun while creating a covered relaxation area in our PCC Sylvania Learning Garden. Share in our vision and get your feet and hands earthy as we create a cob bench, eco-roof, water catchment system, and rain garden. Spawned from a vibrant collaborative process, using reclaimed and locally sourced materials, and led by Natural Builder Bernhard Masterson, the structure will exemplify a plethora of sustainable building techniques. Keeping with Sylvania’s Native-American theme, the cob bench will depict salmon, respecting the pivotal role this majestic fish has played in the Pacific Northwest. The half-moon bench will encircle a gazebo, showing off a reciprocal roof system composed of round wood with space for future solar panel additions!
The gathering place will be built in PCC Sylvania's Learning Garden, a space that is being developed as an interdisciplinary Living Laboratory to demonstrate principles of sustainability. From growing organic produce for our cafeteria and composting leftovers in worm bins to scientific test gardens and growing natural dyes for art projects, the learning garden will be a dynamic place for students, staff, and the public to cultivate their minds, get in touch with nature, or simply relax in the shade or out of the rain on our new salmon bench. Please come join us during the VBC and help create a beautiful space together. And don’t forget to check out our workshops!
Village Building Convergence 2010
