Monday, November 10, 2008

Huts for regional trails

How do we get more recreation out of the three major Bay Area all-access hiking and boating trails when they are built primarily with conservation and day-use in mind? Considering each trail is hundreds of miles long, trip planning and overnight accommodation for individuals and groups is a must. The challenge of making each trail a reality is daunting enough without making easily usable one to another and anticipate overnight needs. These aspects of interconnected recreational use deserve special study with a view to providing a framework for finding existing locations or designing new buildings for entrepreneurial visitor-serving solutions. The two big questions are what has been done elsewhere and what are the opportunities here?

Reasonable steps for accomplishing this might be one, create a report primarily directed toward the sponsors of each trail, but also valuable for entrepreneurs such as established concessionaires, bed and breakfasts, harbors and trail non-profits and two, encourage appropriate action on the study by each sponsoring organization by going directly to a program that pays for itself, a subsidized program or simply studying the opportunities with increasing focus.

The initial study would start by evaluating recreational opportunities worldwide on various kinds of trails to set up a framework. Then it would look at local opportunities, survey users, dynamically map the trails as a single system, identify coordinated points of contact, ownership issues, and where amenities such as parking lot information stations, refreshment stands and overnight accommodations can be located. Findings would then be drafted and submitted for review, and then a final report would be presented in public.

Tuesday, August 05, 2008

passion

they want to push the lead off the mountain...nobody ever goes bankrupt paying the guy...draft me up some plans so i can submit...but you said...i'm making a mid-life change...my house burned down (a little)...send the check back...you're fired...are you designing at full size taking into account physical forces (gravity loads, lateral loads, impact loads)...no model, virtual or physical, is a building...digital...where's your degree...why don't you do it right where you are...it is tough everywhere...many are called, few are taken...make that train station as real as you possibly can...what information....

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Agreement for architectural services

Architect
(Name license number address)

Owner
(Name and address)

Scope of Work
(Project description)

Description of Services
(Listing of Instruments of Service)

Consideration
Owner is to compensate Architect (Basis and amount)

Additional Services
Architect is to provide written Proposal to Owner indication of Scope
and basis for Compensation of Additional Services, which becomes a
part of the Agreement on signature of both parties

Termination
Architect or Owner may provide written notification to the other Party
of Default for Termination of this Agreement. Other Party is to offer cure for
Defect within seven days, which if accepted keeps the Agreement
intact. Otherwise notifying party informs other Party of Termination.

/s/ Date
/s/ Date

Sunday, May 18, 2008

heard from a birdie

residential bad so drop pencil, stop daily grind, and shoot every commercial project in the last 15 years--make powerpoint