SHEBuild…Entroprising in Wakefield

Posted on April 28, 2015 Updated on February 28, 2017

Brilliant reduction by Bradley Robinson

Had a meltdown watching Treebeard
When are you guys coming to town?

This entry was posted in Courage & Collaboration and tagged Bioblock, Bradley Robinson, climate change, closed loop, integrated building, modular, Quebec, SHE, Sustainable Home Environment, unibody, Wakefield.

Bringing the Magic to Hespeler Village

Posted on April 24, 2015 Updated on March 10, 2017

The Fashion History Museum is a key player

click on tagline to view my not-so-white paper on the subject

Say what? EXTRA extra

FHM website here

Facebook page here

Fashion History Museum Founders

Kenn Norman & Jonathan Walford

Jonathan Walford was born in Vancouver, BC where he attended Simon Fraser University receiving degrees in Canadian History and Museum Studies. He started working in the museum field in 1977 and has held curatorial positions with several institutions including a position as the founding curator of the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto. He has been a private collector of historic fashion from the 17th century to the present for over thirty years and has amassed a collection of over 8,000 pieces ranging from the major couture houses of Paris to humble frocks from mail-order catalogues. He has authored six books on various subjects of historic dress that have been published in six languages. Jonathan has been the president of the Costume Society of Ontario, a founding member of the Vintage Fashion Guild, and the artistic director for Kickshaw Productions, which promotes the history of fashion through a variety of media and venues. Jonathan Walford’s blog here

Kenn Norman was born in Toronto and moved to Vancouver in 1978. He attended Simon Fraser University where he majored in Business Administration to complement his CGA background. Returning to Toronto in 1984 he embarked on a management career culminating in his position as Director of Finance for Orchestras Canada. His passion for the arts, culture and heritage field led him to certification as a professional life coach to help entrepreneurs and artists fulfill their dreams which led to a year long leadership course he took in California giving birth to his own dream of the Fashion History Museum

This entry was posted in Courage & Collaboration, Multi-Media Pre-Production and tagged 2015 CSC Design Competition, cambridge, Fashion History Muserum, FHM, hespeler village, Jonathan Walford, Kenn Norman, Waterloo Region Economic Development Corporation, WREDS.

* The Walker Living Campus*

Posted on February 10, 2015 Updated on February 10, 2015

at Woodend Conservation N-O-T-L
from the perspective of the Prime Mechanical

Shout out to Ken Willms

&

DSBN Regional SHSM Construction Technology Students!

Thanks to Brendan J Stephens of the Vaudevillian, JoJo Worthington & Davey James

whose music “narrate” the story of this amazing Project

built with the help of student labour

&

funded entirely by community donations

Soundtrack recorded live at

the Kitchener Studio Project & Cafe Pyrus

Links:
 dsbn.org/woodend/
 woodendthelivingcampus.blogspot.ca/
 facebook.com/pages/DSBN-Woodend-The-Living-Campus/164830240221779
 teched.dsbn.org/tech-ed/secondary
 facebook.com/MZEarchitects
 centralontariomusicians.org/bands/jojo-worthington
 facebook.com/thevaudevillianmusic
 canadianrecordings.ca/about.html

2015 CSC Student Design Competition

Posted on January 29, 2015 Updated on April 15, 2018

Construction Specifications Canada

bringing the magic to Hespeler Village

Contest open to all students

of architecture & interior design

construction tech & engineering

Details and entry documents available here

Is your school or design team interested in visiting the site?  Need photos? field measurements?

Site orientation & building access is available

and encouraged!

the old post office in Hespeler Village, Cambridge, ON

send your request to susyskita@gmail.com c/o CSC-GV

2014 archive here and here
Hespeler Village ‘tedx’ talk

This entry was posted in Courage & Collaboration, Multi-Media Pre-Production and tagged 2015, BIA, csc awards, csc-gv, FHM, hespeler village, old post office, student design competition.

The Return of the BeeHive

Posted on January 18, 2015 Updated on March 3, 2017

Hespeler Village ‘tedx’ talk

Gorilla recording Jan 16th at the Riverbank Lofts

Presentation to students of

Ryerson University’s School of Interior Design

during their site orientation

This entry was posted in Courage & Collaboration, Multi-Media Pre-Production and tagged BIA, cambridge, Citizen Activism, Community Development, Cory de Villiers, csc-gv, FHM, gorilla recording, hespeler village, interior design, Riverbank Lofts, Ryerson University, student competition, The Fashion History Museum.

Are you building in an earthquake zone? UPDATED

Posted on January 15, 2015 Updated on February 18, 2015

Maybe…

Thanks to Richard Levesque of HTS Ottawa

for a very informative presentation

See presentation slides: Seismic Presentation-jANUARY2015

Gorilla recording of the presentation may be viewed here

How is seismic compliance

impacting

the construction industry

in Ontario?

Strategies for successful tendering, tips and demos

HVAC Seismic Design

Jan 21st at the GVCA

Limited Seating

In the News…Specifying restraints for non-structural building elements

This entry was posted in Courage & Collaboration, Multi-Media Pre-Production, Thanks for Asking! and tagged construction education, csc-gv, design, mechanical, Ontario, seismic.

Saturday on the Night/Shift

Posted on November 3, 2014 Updated on November 4, 2014

Working the Night/Shift just keeps getting better

Many Thanks

to all who make these events possible

BROVOS

See post on grandsocial here

This entry was posted in Courage & Collaboration, Thanks for Asking! and tagged Bass Lions, Block 3 Brewery, BROVOS, Christie Digital, downtown, kitchener, Night/Shift, the Museum.

Living in the moment in Waterloo Region…

Posted on October 15, 2014 Updated on February 22, 2018

Thanks to the Museum

for hosting this evening’s forum for local candidates

to interact with & be informed by

the community

of our vision for a

vibrant & viable

Art & Cultural experience in Waterloo Region

Like the soundtrack?

"The Pool of Bethesda" composed & performed by Waterloo folk music artist, JoJo Worthington

SJU Campus Renewal 2015 groundbreaking photographed by Jessica Rose

Local musicians “The Vaudevillian” photographed by Jessica Rose

Block 3 photo by KB Photography

This entry was posted in Courage & Collaboration, Thanks for Asking! and tagged Bethany Christmas Pagaent, Block 3 Brewery, Blues Festival, Brendan Stephens, hespeler village, Jessica Rose, JoJo Worthington, KB Photography, kitchener, Kitchener Market, Oktoberfest, St. Jacob's Farmer's Market, the Vaudevillian, waterloo.

Eliminating the Concept of Building Waste – 2014 Summit

Posted on October 9, 2014 Updated on October 9, 2014

Outstanding achievement by RG Integration

& Construction Resource Initiatives Council

for Accelerating the Shift towards Lifecycle thinking

& a Circular Economy

Shout out to the OAA and many distinguished sponsors

of the upcoming Summit

Nov 17-19th

in the Capital Region & Gatineau

Summit Details & Registration Here

This entry was posted in Courage & Collaboration and tagged ciruclar economy, Construction Waste, CRIC, Design Charrette, EPR, Mission 2030, Stewardship, Sustainable Building, UN 10YFP.

Courage & Collaboration

Brilliant reduction by Bradley Robinson

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at Woodend Conservation N-O-T-L from the perspective of the Prime Mechanical

Shout out to Ken Willms

&

DSBN Regional SHSM Construction Technology Students!

Thanks to Brendan J Stephens of the Vaudevillian, JoJo Worthington & Davey James

whose music “narrate” the story of this amazing Project

built with the help of student labour

&

funded entirely by community donations

Soundtrack recorded live at

the Kitchener Studio Project & Cafe Pyrus

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Construction Specifications Canada

bringing the magic to Hespeler Village

Details and entry documents available here

Site orientation & building access is available

and encouraged!

send your request to susyskita@gmail.com c/o CSC-GV

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Hespeler Village ‘tedx’ talk

Presentation to students of

during their site orientation

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Thanks to Richard Levesque of HTS Ottawa

for a very informative presentation

See presentation slides: Seismic Presentation-jANUARY2015

How is seismic compliance

impacting

the construction industry

in Ontario?

In the News…Specifying restraints for non-structural building elements

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The Best Christmas Gift is

the Love of a Friend

Just in time for the Holiday melt down!

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Working the Night/Shift just keeps getting better

Many Thanks

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Thanks to the Museum

for hosting this evening’s forum for local candidates

to interact with & be informed by

the community

of our vision for a

vibrant & viable

Like the soundtrack?

Share this:

Outstanding achievement by RG Integration

& Construction Resource Initiatives Council

Shout out to the OAA and many distinguished sponsors

of the upcoming Summit

Nov 17-19th

Summit Details & Registration Here

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at Woodend Conservation N-O-T-L
from the perspective of the Prime Mechanical