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Monday, November 17, 2014
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Builder Magazine: In this segment, Michael Anschel and Carl Seville show us beautiful, salvaged materials from Centennial Woods. Made from repurposed snow fencing from Wyoming, this wood can be used for flooring, shiplap siding, and more.
3 comments:
Sarah Pidgeon
said...
I talked to a DP student while on crew as I was looking at all of the 2x4s in the hallway and the plywood that was being tossed onto the loading dock, awaiting its dump truck. I asked what happened to the materials stripped from the set at the end of each production, and they said that the department and designers tried to save as much of the set as they could, i.e. stairs, railings, and other pieces of wood and metal that had not been cut or formed into a specific shape, unique for that show.
But as the Drama School and the Design and Production department have such cutting edge and unique designs, a lot of the components are cut so specifically that they are not able to be used for another production.
I'm not entirely sure what CMU's recycling policy is, or how they dispose of materials, (if they go to Habitat for Humanity, or become materials for Carnival, Booth and Buggy) but if CMU were to start using materials like the reclaimed, snow fencing, then our carbon footprint would be significantly lower.
As it is important to have interesting and cutting edge design, it is equally important to make sure our art is not hurting our environment, especially when theatre is such an able body to communicate the necessity for change.
These articles always spark my interest. I think that it is a really good idea that we start being more environmentally conscious. Theater uses up a lot of wood in general. It always kills me a little that we aren't able to recycle lumber as much as we do. However, I understand why we don't, and have come to terms with it in my own way. I have done this by recycling in as many other ways as possible to make up for this. To me this is a good compromise, so I'm going to continue doing it.
Sara also one of the many reason using reclaimed lumber is avoided because it can be dangerous. Wood deteriorate over time and do can not always guarantee the condition or the strength of the wood. Yes, many times the lumber we could use is not in a structural situation and could be reused. Yes, often our construction methods still could incorporate the used material in some way.
I know it is a horrible reason, but time plays into it. Often the wood would need to be processed after the initial use to save or reuse. Just for a example say tomorrow during Trojan Women strike we wanted to take apart the 2x4 stud walls, instead of throwing them away. We would need extra hands to take apart those stud walls correctly and with the least amount of harm. Often those extra hands have already left for thanksgiving and to hit the end goal of restoring the theatre we may not have enough hands to save the studwalls and restore the theatre. So at times it boils down to time on the calendar and we choose to use it other places.
Sara I encourage you to be the change you want to see. If this bothers you then ask what you could do to help save something from Trojan Women on strike tomorrow.
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I talked to a DP student while on crew as I was looking at all of the 2x4s in the hallway and the plywood that was being tossed onto the loading dock, awaiting its dump truck. I asked what happened to the materials stripped from the set at the end of each production, and they said that the department and designers tried to save as much of the set as they could, i.e. stairs, railings, and other pieces of wood and metal that had not been cut or formed into a specific shape, unique for that show.
But as the Drama School and the Design and Production department have such cutting edge and unique designs, a lot of the components are cut so specifically that they are not able to be used for another production.
I'm not entirely sure what CMU's recycling policy is, or how they dispose of materials, (if they go to Habitat for Humanity, or become materials for Carnival, Booth and Buggy) but if CMU were to start using materials like the reclaimed, snow fencing, then our carbon footprint would be significantly lower.
As it is important to have interesting and cutting edge design, it is equally important to make sure our art is not hurting our environment, especially when theatre is such an able body to communicate the necessity for change.
These articles always spark my interest. I think that it is a really good idea that we start being more environmentally conscious. Theater uses up a lot of wood in general. It always kills me a little that we aren't able to recycle lumber as much as we do. However, I understand why we don't, and have come to terms with it in my own way. I have done this by recycling in as many other ways as possible to make up for this. To me this is a good compromise, so I'm going to continue doing it.
Sara also one of the many reason using reclaimed lumber is avoided because it can be dangerous. Wood deteriorate over time and do can not always guarantee the condition or the strength of the wood. Yes, many times the lumber we could use is not in a structural situation and could be reused. Yes, often our construction methods still could incorporate the used material in some way.
I know it is a horrible reason, but time plays into it. Often the wood would need to be processed after the initial use to save or reuse. Just for a example say tomorrow during Trojan Women strike we wanted to take apart the 2x4 stud walls, instead of throwing them away. We would need extra hands to take apart those stud walls correctly and with the least amount of harm. Often those extra hands have already left for thanksgiving and to hit the end goal of restoring the theatre we may not have enough hands to save the studwalls and restore the theatre. So at times it boils down to time on the calendar and we choose to use it other places.
Sara I encourage you to be the change you want to see. If this bothers you then ask what you could do to help save something from Trojan Women on strike tomorrow.
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