22.Oct.2009 Construction Montage
By Alexander Villagomez, Design Build Assistant Here is a video I put together of the construction onsite. The Box Office is close to culmination, and I thought it would be nice to have an update posted about what exactly has been happening! The song used is Old Time Rock and Roll by Bob Seger. Enjoy [...]
06.Oct.2009 College Unbound Ribbon Cutting
Stack is pleased to be the Professional Advisor for Alexander Villagomez, one of the eight members of College Unbound’s first class. These images were taken at the ceremonial ribbon cutting for College Unbound on 10/5/09. Providence Mayor David Cicilline did the honors. Alex was followed by Dennis Littky, the co-founder of College Unbound, Big Picture [...]
30.Sep.2009 Building a Model (C2C)
Hello all, Alex Villagomez again. In case you missed my last post, I am a Design Build Assistant here at Stack DB. I would like to take this opportunity to introduce my colleague Will Lippitt, who is another Design Build Assistant. Together we were assigned to make a physical model for C2C, or the Containers-to-Clinics [...]
29.Sep.2009 Stack's Crew
From Stack’s work on the Box Office:
19.Sep.2009 Scrap Inventory
The site of Container City continues to progress, and the day of erection draws closer! It is amazing to watch. As the doors and windows are cut into each of the containers, the scraps pile high and heavy. The metal is collected and kept in one of the containers near the back of the project. [...]
16.Sep.2009 First Impressions of Container City
Hello all, my name is Alexander Villagomez, a new addition to Stack’s team. I am working here as a Design Build Assistant, and I am very excited to be working with Stack DB! I have recently made a trip to the site Container City, where thirty-two containers are being fully fitted for the new building [...]
09.Sep.2009 Containers to Clinics
Exciting things are happening with Stack DB shipping container projects and the Stack container team. Our firm has been hired by Containers to Clinics www.containers2clinics.org for a Design Build scope of work to design and fabricate the C2C Pilot Clinic. The Pilot Clinic will be on display at the Boston ICA www.icaboston.org/ from November 16th – 19th, [...]
28.May.2009 Box Office Media Coverage
The media buzz generated by The Box Office has been fantastic! Check out these links: Yahoo Finance The Providence Journal Providence Business News RISD Blog WPRI Box Office designer Joe Haskett, developer Peter Gill Case, and builder Joshua Brandt of Stack Design Build were featured in the 5/27/09 Providence Journal (photo: Kathy Borchers / The Providence Journal)
27.May.2009 Box Office Groundbreaking
On Tuesday May 26, Providence Mayor David Cicilline and Peter Gill Case (Developer and Stack client) “broke ground” on The Box Office – an innovative green office building made entirely of used shipping containers. The building will have many “green” aspects (such as using 25% less energy than a typical office building) while remaining [...]
06.May.2009 Providence Pecha Kucha – 5/13/09
Stack principals Josh Brandt and Andy Keating will be presenting at the third Providence Pecha Kucha night! What exactly is Pecha Kucha (puh-CHA-ki-CHA)? The best explanation is from the PK website but its essentially a fun networking event where designers and innovators can present their work. The hook is that the presentations must conform to a structured but cool format: 20 [...]
