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Kevin Matthews
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JWmHarmon
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 Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 9:51 pm Post subject: Chapel of Second Chances - Samuel Mockbee - Rural Studio |
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The Chapel of Second Chances reuses what would have otherwise been discarded trash.
Perhaps no architect is better known for using recycled materials than the late Samuel Mockee. Take a look at the quote on the site linked here to see how well it summarizes what can be accomplished with recycled materials. You might also want to check out the "Rural Studio."
http://www.ruralstudio.com/sambomemorial.htm |
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Kevin
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| Good to see you've made it over into the new forum system here! |
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Kevin
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Kinda fun to see this article mentioned sideways in the local paper - as the project lives on, reused yet again...
RECYCLING'S CHAPEL OF LOVE
BRING is reusing material to build a place for second-time weddings and renewals of marriage vows
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/21526488-41/story.csp
| Register Guard wrote: | ...The Chapel of Second Chances, a longtime project initiated by BRING in conjunction with the University of Oregon School of Architecture and Allied Arts, will be installed by UO students within the next month, Daniel said.
It is an open-air structure made of recycled wood, aluminum and fiberglass from BRING and is intended for second-wedding ceremonies and the renewal of vows.
What if someone wants to use it to marry for the first time? “We’d really have to think that through,” Daniel said with a laugh. The chapel is “definitely a way to make reuse and recycling fun, and that’s our goal,” she said.
The chapel, which will also be used as a gathering place and a shelter for workshops, will be the garden’s centerpiece, set to go against a curved wall of gray brick.
Photographs of it in an Architecture Week article show students standing underneath rising slabs of horizontally shaped panels supported by posts. The fiberglass panels were once used for an acoustic shell at the Hult Center, Daniel said... |
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djswan
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| Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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 Good job. I didn't find much about this guy: Samuel Mockee, if anyone wants to elaborate a bit and that link wasn't working.
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djswan
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Thanks Kevin. He sounds like my kind of guy. 
"A true architect practices all three professions simultaneously," Mockbee explains. "The role of an architect/ artist/ teacher is to challenge the status quo and help others see what the possibilities can be."
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