The Burnside Blog

Posted By Tim DuRoche on 11/17/2008

14 Parcels-instigator Kevin Cavenaugh has sent us some images to add to the anticipation of Parcels accumulating under the fir trees in SW Portland.

1) The latest aerial full-site rendering.

  2) Some visual renderings from ID Design’s sweethearts Andrei Gheorghe + Samina Azharfor Parcel 2 can be seen here.   3) For their 16×16 sq. ft. Parcel (7b), Single-speed Design has coyly issued a Manifesto inviting a lucky soul to “curate your life/with miniature living.”

4) Here’s Skylab’s rendering for a cottage that employs a Japanese-inspired method of charring timber (a process called Yakisugi— a favorite ploy of the great Terunobu Fujimori) — a commonsense approach to flame-retardation and decay— once burned the wood won’t burn again and it also develops greater resistance to rot and insects.

  5) Douglas Wu’s fascinating window/skylight approach to Parcel 12. 6) An honest-to-goodness model (see the glue on the table next to it) by Architecture W for their office that will go on Parcel 13.   7) Mark Holmquist’s boxy-is-beautiful design for Parcel 4.   8) This two-walled piece of concrete poetry is SPBR’s plan for Parcel 5.   9) Here’s Paul McKean vision for Parcel 11A.