RAIR: Conceptual Design for Expansion of Artist Program
RAIR: Recycled Artist in Residency, Philadelphia, PA
via the Community Design Collaborative
RAIR
Recycled Artist in Residency (RAIR) is located within the Revolution Recovery waste recycling facility. It offers artists the opportunity to create art from the 450 tons of waste that arrive daily to the “tipping yard”. Revolution Recovery recently acquired a new site, opening the door for RAIR’s expansion. The Collaborative’s conceptual plan proposes a new center with a courtyard workspace, sculpture garden, and “Dinosaur Overlook” connecting RAIR with the Delaware River, future North Delaware Riverfront Greenway bike trail, and Tacony community.
Through landscape and stormwater management improvements that stay above an existing soil cap, the conceptual plan embraces the riverfront and respects the constraints of the former Superfund site.
The conceptual plan calls for two buildings arranged around a courtyard workspace.
The conceptual rendering shows the relationship between the center, paths, trails, and open spaces.
The big idea: RAIR's new center will have a fixed "dock" (the buildings) and a more flexible, expandable "ship" (the sculpture yard and Dinosaur Overlook).
Path connecting the center to the bike trail and sculpture garden.
Project Title: RAIR: Conceptual Design for Expansion of Artist Program
Address: 7301 Milnor Street, Philadelphia, PA 19136
Neighborhood: Tacony, North Delaware
Volunteer Hours: 824
Value of Pro Bono Services: $85,270
Design Grant Completed: 2019
The center's courtyard workspace with a view to the river and Center City Philadelphia.