Samuel Mockbee and Rural Studio: Mason’s Bend Community Center

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Mason’s Bend Community Center, 2000

Project team: Forrest Fulton, Adam Gerndt, Dale Rush, Jon Schumann

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Ending this Architect of the Week trilogy is a project (to date) that I give the most praise to, out of all work completed by Rural Studio: The Mason’s Bend Community Center.

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The project itself is bigger than most people comprehend because it was built for a town truly in need, who could not fund the project themselves (while there are ninjas in the world who can buy three of these without a thought – except for color choice). The location of the building falls on land owned by Anderson Harris (who the Butterfly House was constructed for). It is prime real estate in the area however, because book and health mobiles travelling through the area would often stop in that location. Harris gladly exchanged the use of the land with the students so long as they helped move the school bus (not the magic one) his son was living in, to the backyard of Harris’ home.

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The c.c. built for just under $20k services for community activities, as a prayer space, for childcare, and as an overall symbol of pride for the community. The low walls were constructed from ‘rammed-earth walls [70% sand, 30% clay mixed with Portland Cement].’ The contemporary roof/wall is comprised of aluminum and 1985 Chevy Caprice windshields, gathered from a junkyard in Chicago (home to RS student Jon Schumann). The Akron native, Bob Wilson, allowed the students to cut down the cypress trees (sent to be cured and laminated), which would be used for trusses. Any leftover timbers were used for the hand-made benches. The structural steel was donated. The Potrero Nuevo Fund of San Francisco covered the $20k amount necessary to have the project completed.

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Most see the flashy metal siding, and siick curtain wall, but happen to miss the message inherent in the scope of this and each project completed by Rural Studio (I did also, my ninjas). We get caught up in the paper that by the end of any sort of a career, we have nothing of substance to hang our coats on. My only hope is that we all eventually understand that we can have cake, eat it too and realize there is enough to share with others if creative enough. Peace and love, ninjas.

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Information, quotes and images from the book, Rural Studio: Samuel Mockbee and an Architecture of Decency (go out and cop this book – i’ve plugged it three times now, my ninjas).

Posted: December 21st, 2006
at 5:30am by Dubs


Categories: architecture,green arch,featured ninjas,architecte de la semaine

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  1. these rural studio cats are ILL. wilding out with theirs

    ockafella

    21 Dec 06 at 12:24 pm

     

  2. Daycare? Where’s the bathroom?? Pointless slap in the face for those in need of real buildings.

    Raoul Duke

    13 Aug 07 at 9:52 pm

     

  3. Just thought I would reply to Raoul’s criticism on this project. The glass chapel is a pavilion. Not a building. The program consisted of designing a gathering space for the community. If you can find Mason’s Bend you will find other projects among this one that also have been mentioned in many publications and have won many awards that will have bathrooms. These are projects designed and built by students, not professional architects.
    Proceed and Be Bold!
    – The Jackalope

    the Jackalope

    15 Feb 09 at 11:25 pm

     


 

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