Common Boston is a 10-day festival in June celebrating architecture and design throughout the city. The festival boasts more than 40 building tours, lectures, art exhibitions and walking tours?and every event is free and open to all. Find a detailed schedule at www.commonboston.org.
Some highlights include:
Submitting photographs to the Neighborhood Photography Project at http://cbphotoproject.org by June 1. This year?s theme is ?Building Communities, Behind the Scenes.? Winning entries will be displayed on the large exterior LED media screen of the Carpenters Center, facing I-93, and other winning submissions will be made available online. There is no entry fee and all are welcome to submit. View a complete call for entries at http://cbphotoproject.org.
Attending an open-invite, monochrome-outfit-encouraged dParty for design professionals and students. Slated for June 17 at the Artists for Humanity building and sponsored by Samuel Adams, this party is a wonderful networking opportunity for everyone interested in design and Boston?s neighborhoods and nonprofits.
Co-sponsored by LostInBoston.org, Common Build is a design/build competition held over the opening weekend of Common Boston. Participants will have just 72 hours to design and construct creative wayfinding on an active pedestrian site, to orient and connect people within the neighborhood. Teams and individuals from all experience levels are welcome! For details and to register, visit http://www.commonboston.org/special-events/cbcb/.
There is so much more going on?a YouthMedia Walk Project, Pecha Kucha, a photography scavenger hunt, a forum on ?Where We Connect,? wayfinding in JP?s Aboretum, environmental justice in Dudley Square, an infrastructure walking tour of Fort Point Channel and more?and it?s all free. Check out www.commonboston.org and join us!
The Boston Society of Architects (www.architects.org) is a proud sponsor of Common Boston.
Some highlights include:
Submitting photographs to the Neighborhood Photography Project at http://cbphotoproject.org by June 1. This year?s theme is ?Building Communities, Behind the Scenes.? Winning entries will be displayed on the large exterior LED media screen of the Carpenters Center, facing I-93, and other winning submissions will be made available online. There is no entry fee and all are welcome to submit. View a complete call for entries at http://cbphotoproject.org.
Attending an open-invite, monochrome-outfit-encouraged dParty for design professionals and students. Slated for June 17 at the Artists for Humanity building and sponsored by Samuel Adams, this party is a wonderful networking opportunity for everyone interested in design and Boston?s neighborhoods and nonprofits.
Co-sponsored by LostInBoston.org, Common Build is a design/build competition held over the opening weekend of Common Boston. Participants will have just 72 hours to design and construct creative wayfinding on an active pedestrian site, to orient and connect people within the neighborhood. Teams and individuals from all experience levels are welcome! For details and to register, visit http://www.commonboston.org/special-events/cbcb/.
There is so much more going on?a YouthMedia Walk Project, Pecha Kucha, a photography scavenger hunt, a forum on ?Where We Connect,? wayfinding in JP?s Aboretum, environmental justice in Dudley Square, an infrastructure walking tour of Fort Point Channel and more?and it?s all free. Check out www.commonboston.org and join us!
The Boston Society of Architects (www.architects.org) is a proud sponsor of Common Boston.
