Where:
Old Post Office
237 Washington St
Somerville, MA 02134
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
Lectures & Conferences
Event website:
http://www.somervillebydesign.com/union-square-detailed-schedule-for-design-charrette/
It’s been a busy couple of months in Union Square, with three large “Somerville by Design” visioning meetings in December / January and four weekly technical workshops in February. Now comes a really fun part of the public process – our three-day design charrette!
Here’s how it works: City staff, our design team, and our development partners at US2 will set up temporary office space in the old Post Office at 237 Washington Street from Monday, March 9th through Wednesday, March 11th. You can “drop in” at any time that works for your schedule between 10am and 8pm. You can chat with our project team, you can watch our designers sketch a hundred different ideas for new public spaces, transportation solutions, and office and housing development.
On Monday and Tuesday, we will host a series of one-hour topical sessions on issues that residents have identified as priorities for Union Square. Our designers will be listening in on these sessions for guidance and feedback. We offer a mix of morning, daytime and evening sessions so that folks with different scheduling needs can participate when it works best for them.
On Wednesday, there are no formal daytime sessions, but you can drop in during daytime hours from 10am to 5pm.
The three-day charrette process wraps up on Wednesday night with a “Pin-Up Presentation” (also at the old Post Office, 7:30 to 9pm).
It’s a little like an art gallery, with drawings displayed for everyone to see and critique. Check out the “Day 3″ links below to get a feel for it. We will do a short presentation to explain things, and then attendees are asked to fill out survey forms describing what they like and don’t like about each design idea. That way, our project team can get even more information from folks who live and work in the neighborhood, and use that information to make another round of edits during the month of April. We will film the presentation and get all materials on the web for people who can’t make a night meeting.
Detailed schedule (.pdf): file:///home/chronos/u-be836f45060de2da1761891323c0e80a18683b06/Downloads/Union+Square+Charrette+Flyer+with+Stakeholder+Schedule%20(1).pdf