Proyecto: Braddock Recycle Park

Arquitectos: Al Borde

Coordinación de proyecto: Charlotte Vaxelaire, Macarena Molina & Ivana Angelova

Proyecto por encargo de: The Heinz Architectural Center, Carnegie Museum of Art

Curaduría de la Exhibición: Raymund Ryan & Dirección de Proyecto: Alyssum Skjeie

En colaboración con: Marilyn Russell, Curator of Education, Carnegie Museum of Art

Con la partipación de: Recycle Park Group, UDBS, Trade Institute, ARTchivess

“… What struck me about this collaboration is the fact that normally designers from the United States are traveling to other nations to give their advice. This time, CMOA has turned the tables, asking architects from Quito, Ecuador to come to our home and advise us. Al Borde’s ability to work with limited resources and limited budgets brings a level of creativity that not all designers have here in the United States. It appears the project is still in schematic design, so I hope it continues to moves forward.” Brian Gaudio, AIA Pittsburgh Article

“This desire to conceive of the role of the architect as a profoundly social activity is also the basis of a new undertaking that sees the Ecuadorian group Al Borde rethink the Braddock Recycle Park in a suburban part of Pittsburgh, in close dialogue with the local communities. Building Optimism powerfully emphasises the truth that is increasingly becoming more accepted and evident: the so-called ‘advanced North’ has a lot to learn from the practices developed in the South.” Fabrizio Gallanti, Abitare

Project: Braddock Recycle Park

Architects: Al Borde

Project Coordination: Charlotte Vaxelaire, Macarena Molina & Ivana Angelova

Project commisioned by: The Heinz Architectural Center, Carnegie Museum of Art

Exhibition Curator: Raymund Ryan & Program Mananger: Alyssum Skjeie

In collaboration with: Marilyn Russell, Curator of Education, Carnegie Museum of Art

With the participation of: Recycle Park Group, UDBS, Trade Institute, ARTchives

“… What struck me about this collaboration is the fact that normally designers from the United States are traveling to other nations to give their advice. This time, CMOA has turned the tables, asking architects from Quito, Ecuador to come to our home and advise us. Al Borde’s ability to work with limited resources and limited budgets brings a level of creativity that not all designers have here in the United States. It appears the project is still in schematic design, so I hope it continues to moves forward.” Brian Gaudio, AIA Pittsburgh Article

“This desire to conceive of the role of the architect as a profoundly social activity is also the basis of a new undertaking that sees the Ecuadorian group Al Borde rethink the Braddock Recycle Park in a suburban part of Pittsburgh, in close dialogue with the local communities. Building Optimism powerfully emphasises the truth that is increasingly becoming more accepted and evident: the so-called ‘advanced North’ has a lot to learn from the practices developed in the South.” Fabrizio Gallanti, Abitare

“As an extension of the exhibition, Al Borde is also working in the neighborhood of North Braddock, just outside of Pittsburgh, helping with an ongoing project called Recycle Park—a once-vibrant playground that residents have been rehabilitating with reusable materials in recent years. Working closely with community groups in the neighborhood—including Braddock Tiles, Gardweeno, North Braddock Borough, North Braddock Cares, Project RE_, and Recycle Park Friends—Al Borde have proposed a set of interventions in Recycle Park. Al Borde’s suggestions include a set of terraces made from recycled bricks (the material common to many neighborhood houses), a playful structure of netlike canopies, and the use of tiles designed by local schoolchildren.” Mathew Newton, Storyboard CMOA

“As an extension of the exhibition, Al Borde is also working in the neighborhood of North Braddock, just outside of Pittsburgh, helping with an ongoing project called Recycle Park—a once-vibrant playground that residents have been rehabilitating with reusable materials in recent years. Working closely with community groups in the neighborhood—including Braddock Tiles, Gardweeno, North Braddock Borough, North Braddock Cares, Project RE_, and Recycle Park Friends—Al Borde have proposed a set of interventions in Recycle Park. Al Borde’s suggestions include a set of terraces made from recycled bricks (the material common to many neighborhood houses), a playful structure of netlike canopies, and the use of tiles designed by local schoolchildren.” Mathew Newton, Storyboard CMOA