Orange Line Design Press Release and News Coverage
[Dec-18-2007]
NEWS ADVISORY
 www.cdrc-boston.org
 www.citizenschools.org
CONTACT:
Brandy Brooks, Director, Community Design Resource Center (617) 585-0198 info@cdrc-boston.org
Ulli Robinson, Citizen Schools Boston, (617) 695-2300 x158, ullirobinson@citizenschools.org or
John Werner, Executive Director, (617) 835-1242 johnwerner@citizenschools.org;
Teens Redesign Jackson and Sullivan Squares Orange Line Stations, Pitch Plans to BRA, Boston Leaders
On December 12th over 600 people came together at Northeastern University’s Curry Student Center to witness what happens when 12 teams of middle schoolers work with twelve of Boston’s best architecture firms and schools.
The task? Redesigning Jackson and Sullivan Square T-stations.
The winning design came from the Irving Middle School, Roslindale/Gund Partnership Architecture firm, Cambridge who won a meeting with Mayor Menino to share their ideas.
The other schools and their architectural partners were:
- Boston Architectural College, Edison Middle School, Brighton;
- Cubellis, Edwards Middle School, Charlestown;
- Shepley Bulfinch, Gavin Middle School, South Boston;
- BH+A, McCormack Middle School, Dorchester;
- Payette, Mildred Ave Middle School, Mattapan ;
- BosNOMA, Mildred Ave Middle School, Mattapan;
- Icon Architecture, Rogers Middle School, Hyde Park;
- Jones Lang LaSalle, Mario Umana Middle School Academy, East Boston;
- Kling Stubbins Architecture, Mario Umana Middle School Academy, East Boston;
- Deborah Drew Design, Wilson Middle School, Dorchester; and
- Harvard School Of Design, 8GA, Roxbury.
Orange Line Design is an architecture and public space ideas competition that asked over 130 middle-schoolers to work with architecture firms to re-envision an MBTA Orange Line Station. The competition took place on December 12th at Northeastern University, Curry Student Center Ballroom from 5:30 to 8 p.m.
Event chairs were Kairos Shen, Director at the Boston Redevelopment Authority, Tom Sieniewicz, principal at Chen Krieger Sieniewicz, Geoff Freeman, principal at Shepley Bulfinch and Bob Dickey, Managing Director of Jones Lang LaSalle.
The Community Design Resource Center of Boston (CDRC-Boston) worked with Citizen Schools to develop this competition for three reasons: to empower young people to make positive changes in their environment; to share the importance of good design with the communities of Boston; and to provide a mentoring opportunity for young design professionals and the students they are teaching. We wanted to engage students and teachers in a real-world design problem that connected to the activities and facilities they use every day. We also wanted to expand students' understanding of design as a career that allows them to both have fun and make a real difference in the places where they live.
Some of the judges present were :
Mossik Hacobian, Executive Director, Urban Edge; Sandy Henriquez, CEO, Boston Housing Authority; Governor Michael Dukakis, Distinguished Professor, NEU; Ted Landsmark, President, Boston Architectural College; John Linehan, President/CEO, New England Zoo; Dan Oberholzer, Design Manager, Proteus; Audrey O'Hagan,
Principal, Audrey O'Hagan Architects; Joe Pryse, Principal, Leers Weinzapfel Associates; Darryl Settles
President, Dventures; David Lee, Principal, Stull & Lee; Steve Woods, Architect, Carol Johnson Associates; Rich Davey, Deputy GM Commuter Rail; Stephen Crosby, Dean, John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies; George Thrush, Director, NEU School of Architecture.
Citizen Schools
Citizen Schools is a leading national education initiative that uniquely mobilizes thousands of adult volunteers to help improve student achievement by teaching skill-building apprenticeships after-school. Our programs blend these real-world learning projects with rigorous academic and leadership development activities, preparing students in the middle grades for success in high school, college, the workforce, and civic life. Launched in Boston in 1995, Citizen Schools currently serves 3,800 students and engages 2,800 volunteers in 16 cities nationwide. Learn more about our programs, our results, our plans to advance the after-school field, and how to get involved at www.citizenschools.org.
Community Design Resource Center of Boston
The Community Design Resource Center of Boston provides services and resources that assist communities to envision, advocate, and implement high quality design solutions and ensure equal access to healthy, sustainable built environments. CDRC-Boston is the only organization in Greater Boston specifically dedicated to providing community members with the skills, knowledge and voice that empower them to shape the physical environment of their neighborhoods and cities. For additional information about our projects, programs and volunteer opportunities, visit www.cdrc-boston.org.
LOCAL NEWS COVERAGE OF ORANGE LINE DESIGN:
BostonNOW, December 18, 2007
http://www.bostonnow.com/news/local/2007/12/18/students-design-t-stations-makeovers
Boston Globe, December 14, 2007
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/12/14/urban_planning_sparks_pupils_creativity
Boston Globe, September 16, 2007
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/09/16/for_urban_youths_architects_consider_revising_their_plans/
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