Trash to Treasure – Panhandle Bandshell Wins ASLA Honor Award
What do you get when you take 65 recycled car hoods, 75 recycled wooden doors, 3,000 recycled water bottles, and 200 pounds of recycled computer circuit boards and make a full-scale performance stage out of it? An award-winning facility!
The ultimate green project, the Panhandle Bandshell in San Francisco has won an Honor Award from the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). The inventive sculpture and community event space was made out of discarded common materials. Designers, engineers, artists, landscape architects, environmental advocates, and community members all collaborated together to create this one-of-a-kind piece. Although temporary, the structure was designed to demonstrate creative re-use of trash, educate the public on recycling, increase park stewardship, and provide a venue for local artists.
Degenkolb Engineers designed the steel portal frame, consisting of a series of interconnected concentric arches extending to the rear of the stage. Each arch was constructed of nine straight segments of hollow steel tube welded together to form the arch. The various structural components were prefabricated off-site and bolted together to assemble the structural frame. The exterior was clad in recycled car hoods, and the stage was constructed of recycled wood framing supported on steel beams. Lateral stability for wind and earthquake loads was provided by front and rear outrigger beams that connected the base of each arch.
Congratulations!
The Panhandle Bandshell, September 2007. Photo(s) by Will Chase. Click here for additional information/pictures.
