12 LOCKDOWN TASKS - 2020
12 tasks undertaken by Andrew McAvoy, Holly McAvoy + Julia Bauer.
Between 23d March 2020 + 13th July 2020.
Due to the Pandemic - No one else was able to enter.
With a view to completing 3 years of physical work toward the creation of a serviced Community Garden..
CLARIFICATIONS
Everything that was used in this work was sourced Sustainably and mostly from skips and local Tenement refurb cast offs.
The Conservatory was made from Second hand windows donated by Mary Hill Housing Association.
Thank you to Collective Architecture for the Tip Off !.
ACHIEVEMENTS
We designed and made a Conservatory / Green house.
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Created a Community tool store/ library of tools for localised borrowing.
Built 2 Nature Ponds , decks, raised growing beds, garden structures, Surveyed + protected Trees , created fenced ecology zones.
We designed and implemented a garden and growing infrastructure to be enhanced post Pandemic.
We planned negotiated and ordered ancillary structures such as Poly Tunnels, + an open sided Marquee.
All Georgian bricks, doors, tiles and floor boards were carefully removed from the home of Mrs Harriet Maclaren ( Mrs Mac) resident of Pollokshields, who passed away in 2018
In homage to her generosity of spirit - a pair of decorative panels made from her Kitchen doors were made bespoke for the conservatory breakfast bar...
In Mrs Macs words commonly reflecting on the untidy nature of East Pollokshields where circa 1950 - she "put her best hat on to walk down Albert Drive for bespoke shopping" ...And who commonly remarked .. " look at that mess “ “whats wrong with people” - “nothing should be wasted like that “ + “ all these cars - where are they coming from ! “
WITH a forecast end of Project by end of the year,, awaiting future funding. the work was undertaken to allow for temporary use of a piece of "Abandoned Neglected + Detrimental
land "- offered for community use on a short term lease.
To that end temporary structures were self built with a view to removal at end of project in 2020 or further work for longer term use where funding was acquired and lease renewed. .
All of the work shown below was voluntary and made possible by time provided whilst Furloughed from a separate academic - Social Research Project. - Aspiring Communities.
THE VOLUNTEER WORK During Covid other than work on the tool store which was funded by a highly competitive Participatory Budget Award - Was - NON TRANSACTIONAL.
When the Research frame afforded by Aspiring Communities ended we were not afforded the cover offers by Furlough and had to find work elsewhere quickly.
For full details of that see the Mark Makers section of this site.
We wish the management committee of local people working - non transactionally
and selflessly in the name of local improvements all the very best.
The images below show things of our hand work.
Onward
Between 23d March 2020 + 13th July 2020.
Due to the Pandemic - No one else was able to enter.
With a view to completing 3 years of physical work toward the creation of a serviced Community Garden..
CLARIFICATIONS
Everything that was used in this work was sourced Sustainably and mostly from skips and local Tenement refurb cast offs.
The Conservatory was made from Second hand windows donated by Mary Hill Housing Association.
Thank you to Collective Architecture for the Tip Off !.
ACHIEVEMENTS
We designed and made a Conservatory / Green house.
+
Created a Community tool store/ library of tools for localised borrowing.
Built 2 Nature Ponds , decks, raised growing beds, garden structures, Surveyed + protected Trees , created fenced ecology zones.
We designed and implemented a garden and growing infrastructure to be enhanced post Pandemic.
We planned negotiated and ordered ancillary structures such as Poly Tunnels, + an open sided Marquee.
All Georgian bricks, doors, tiles and floor boards were carefully removed from the home of Mrs Harriet Maclaren ( Mrs Mac) resident of Pollokshields, who passed away in 2018
In homage to her generosity of spirit - a pair of decorative panels made from her Kitchen doors were made bespoke for the conservatory breakfast bar...
In Mrs Macs words commonly reflecting on the untidy nature of East Pollokshields where circa 1950 - she "put her best hat on to walk down Albert Drive for bespoke shopping" ...And who commonly remarked .. " look at that mess “ “whats wrong with people” - “nothing should be wasted like that “ + “ all these cars - where are they coming from ! “
WITH a forecast end of Project by end of the year,, awaiting future funding. the work was undertaken to allow for temporary use of a piece of "Abandoned Neglected + Detrimental
land "- offered for community use on a short term lease.
To that end temporary structures were self built with a view to removal at end of project in 2020 or further work for longer term use where funding was acquired and lease renewed. .
All of the work shown below was voluntary and made possible by time provided whilst Furloughed from a separate academic - Social Research Project. - Aspiring Communities.
THE VOLUNTEER WORK During Covid other than work on the tool store which was funded by a highly competitive Participatory Budget Award - Was - NON TRANSACTIONAL.
When the Research frame afforded by Aspiring Communities ended we were not afforded the cover offers by Furlough and had to find work elsewhere quickly.
For full details of that see the Mark Makers section of this site.
We wish the management committee of local people working - non transactionally
and selflessly in the name of local improvements all the very best.
The images below show things of our hand work.
Onward
