RAFT Coexist
RAFT COEXIST
A project proposal for the FUTURE HEIGHTS Neighborhood Mini-Grants Program 2015 Application
By: RAFT Group, Head: Tiffany Laufer Group Members: Kris Hopkins, Emily Dunford Hubbard, Tiffany Laufer, Bill Laufer TRT: 4:26min
A project proposal for the FUTURE HEIGHTS Neighborhood Mini-Grants Program 2015 Application
By: RAFT Group, Head: Tiffany Laufer Group Members: Kris Hopkins, Emily Dunford Hubbard, Tiffany Laufer, Bill Laufer TRT: 4:26min
RAFT: COEXIST is a 12 x 8 wooden platform for rest, contemplation and community. RAFT will be built on a piece of land that used to be an informal garden next to the North Park Manor apartments. This land is owned by Cleveland Heights.
The concept of RAFT is to highlight a place and platform for people to rest and to be present in the moment and to coexist in nature in a harmonious and comfortable way. In Cleveland Heights, we are a diverse community of race, cultures and socio economic levels. RAFT is a symbol of that diversity - and that on this raft of our Cleveland Heights
we come together, we travel together to new views and collective experiences to new places and destinations as a people and a community as a whole.
A RAFT in functional concept can be two things - a place for recreation (as in a pool setting) or as a tool - as a floatation device (as in a life raft that saves lives). Both have a place in society and in our lives. What if RAFT could be both for our community? RAFT can help us coexist by bringing us together to rest, to talk, to meet and know our community and our nature - better in a physical and tangible way.
© Tiffany Ann Laufer Photos by Tiffany Ann Laufer, minus: Highline (Seasonal Wisdom) and News Photo (DHA/AP)
The concept of RAFT is to highlight a place and platform for people to rest and to be present in the moment and to coexist in nature in a harmonious and comfortable way. In Cleveland Heights, we are a diverse community of race, cultures and socio economic levels. RAFT is a symbol of that diversity - and that on this raft of our Cleveland Heights
we come together, we travel together to new views and collective experiences to new places and destinations as a people and a community as a whole.
A RAFT in functional concept can be two things - a place for recreation (as in a pool setting) or as a tool - as a floatation device (as in a life raft that saves lives). Both have a place in society and in our lives. What if RAFT could be both for our community? RAFT can help us coexist by bringing us together to rest, to talk, to meet and know our community and our nature - better in a physical and tangible way.
© Tiffany Ann Laufer Photos by Tiffany Ann Laufer, minus: Highline (Seasonal Wisdom) and News Photo (DHA/AP)