Fogo 9: Church/Workshop
19 February 2010
The design workshop area is set up in an church, which was—fault of the diminishing attendance to the worship services—sold to the Shorefast Foundation. Three other churches have experienced the same fate: the foundation ended up buying a total of four of these underused churches (some are quite small though) and is still trying to find an appropriate new use for all of them, sometimes still sharing the spaces with the local congregations; many other communities/denominations on the island are congregating under one roof in aim to reduce operating costs. The buildings, once transformed, are meant to be keep their role as important actors at the heart of the communities.
But for now, the St-Johns Evangelist church in Barr’ Islands is our home base, elegantly hosting the design workshop for the new Inn.
A haiku
Mushroom-tarp bubble keeps warm
Goes up, down, thank you
400,000btu/hr propane heater
Commentaires [2]
No doubt about it. You all need to start by designing and making your own furniture. Those folding chairs must be killers after a full day of work.
Just stumbled across your blog… Great pictures, can’t wait to hear more about the workshop. Funny how Fogo seems to be the subject of Canadian projects (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenge_for_Change). Really looking forward to what you’ve got in store!