Self: Diff for "Hammocks!"

Redesign Chamberlin Hall Courtyard

This project will produce a low cost sustainable design for the courtyard between Chamberlin and Sterling Hall as an open space for public use. The project requires an interdisciplinary team of students from the departments in Chamberlin and Sterling plus students in landscape design, art, human ecology, and architecture. Suggestions and feedback can be solicited via a blackboard (grab one from Garage!) ala http://www.news.wisc.edu/21868 and also drawn on the courtyard concrete with chalk supplied.

Inspiration

Get outside – it’s good for you http://www.news.wisc.edu/21889

Just some thoughts

Hammocks (see blackboard image above) https://www.google.com/search?q=hammocks&client=firefox-a&hs=D3D&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=UIkjUqq9Ocf-4AOekoCQCA&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1185&bih=580

Solar powered USB ports.

Water fountain.

Collect water for neighboring garden. (If not the courtyard, then the roof of CH? BTW, why don't I see any solar heat collectors on the roofs in the image above?)

The historical baryon decuplet of planters could be replaced by quarks and leptons plus vector bosons and the Higgs and Sag A*: an art student project?

Ice skating and volleyball. In Steve Rader's honor, batminton?

Design a model outdoor instruction space taking advantage of the sloped roof of the underground auditorium. Include theatrical stage and elevator for physics demonstration shows.

Photo credits: The image of the buildings is from GoogleMaps. The blackboard image is from OnWisconsin.

-Carlsmith