WEBVTT 00:01.230 --> 00:02.143 Thank you. 00:02.143 --> 00:04.560 I just want to say, really, congratulations for everything 00:04.560 --> 00:05.940 that you've accomplished. 00:05.940 --> 00:09.120 It's a big moment seven months in, and there's more to come. 00:09.120 --> 00:11.285 And it's timely because it's the afternoon, 00:11.285 --> 00:12.660 and Justin is going to be talking 00:12.660 --> 00:17.250 about design and food and design and urban agriculture 00:17.250 --> 00:18.280 and healthy food. 00:18.280 --> 00:19.860 So with that, I'm going to turn it over to you, 00:19.860 --> 00:21.818 and we'll come and chat after when you're done. 00:21.818 --> 00:23.050 Sure. 00:23.050 --> 00:24.915 Thank you Thank you, guys. 00:24.915 --> 00:26.290 Thank you, everybody, for coming. 00:26.290 --> 00:29.380 Really excited to share the work and show what I've 00:29.380 --> 00:33.460 been up to while being at MAD. 00:33.460 --> 00:36.910 So here we go. 00:36.910 --> 00:40.600 So at MAD this year, I was exploring 00:40.600 --> 00:45.550 the idea of creating a green corridor through the Dorchester 00:45.550 --> 00:47.068 Mattapan neighborhoods in Boston, 00:47.068 --> 00:48.610 an area that I'm really familiar with 00:48.610 --> 00:55.030 and where I'm from, specifically through green infrastructure 00:55.030 --> 00:56.510 and food sovereignty. 00:56.510 --> 00:58.750 And I wanted to start off with a video 00:58.750 --> 01:01.960 that I made recently that I think encapsulates that idea 01:01.960 --> 01:04.450 and the essence of culture in Boston 01:04.450 --> 01:06.560 and how I'd like to bring that into the picture. 01:06.560 --> 01:10.150 And centered around greenhouses, and then maybe I'll 01:10.150 --> 01:12.730 go through a few projects that hit towards getting 01:12.730 --> 01:16.410 toward that end goal. 01:16.410 --> 01:19.910 Let's see if this works. 01:19.910 --> 01:22.190 Considering the growing density of cities 01:22.190 --> 01:25.010 and the immediate need for fresh food in proximity 01:25.010 --> 01:27.200 to those that need it, the necessity 01:27.200 --> 01:30.110 for urban growth space has never been more pressing. 01:30.110 --> 01:33.620 Moving beyond our typical urban agriculture typologies, 01:33.620 --> 01:35.780 the implementation of year-round growth 01:35.780 --> 01:39.590 can and has proven to expand the output of existing urban land 01:39.590 --> 01:42.530 already dedicated to closing the gap between where 01:42.530 --> 01:45.590 we grow our food and where we need it most. 01:45.590 --> 01:49.130 Interior urban growth spaces have recently been on the rise 01:49.130 --> 01:51.200 but have been typically implemented 01:51.200 --> 01:53.720 under the currently limited typology that 01:53.720 --> 01:57.170 is the standard ready greenhouse or the hyper-productive food 01:57.170 --> 01:59.990 lab, both missing the essence of what 01:59.990 --> 02:03.740 made urban agriculture different from rural, the people. 02:03.740 --> 02:06.440 If we are going to move the greenhouse into the city, 02:06.440 --> 02:11.680 do we have to ask it to do more than just produce food? 02:11.680 --> 02:14.710 Since the late 19th century, urban agriculture 02:14.710 --> 02:16.720 has served its respective context 02:16.720 --> 02:18.790 in more ways than just production. 02:18.790 --> 02:21.460 The urban farm became the center of community, 02:21.460 --> 02:24.010 essential democratic space where neighbors 02:24.010 --> 02:27.130 from all walks of life could share stories, recipes, 02:27.130 --> 02:30.820 farming practices, and resources with one another. 02:30.820 --> 02:33.310 Planting their identities into the Earth, 02:33.310 --> 02:36.550 this urban landscape became a reflection of culture, 02:36.550 --> 02:38.920 passing of tradition, and a connection 02:38.920 --> 02:42.010 to a homeland some immigrants could not get back to. 02:42.010 --> 02:45.040 But through native culinary practices and the ability 02:45.040 --> 02:47.440 to grow foods of familiarity, people 02:47.440 --> 02:50.320 have been able to carry their history with them. 02:50.320 --> 02:53.980 This essential ethos that has been baked into the urban farm 02:53.980 --> 02:57.070 has not yet translated into the urban green house, 02:57.070 --> 03:00.310 a largely generic structure that has provided farmers 03:00.310 --> 03:03.850 and communities the opportunity to increase crop yield 03:03.850 --> 03:07.630 and expand operations beyond their normal seasons, 03:07.630 --> 03:11.470 a key innovation as food security within urban contexts 03:11.470 --> 03:13.450 becomes a more prevalent issue. 03:13.450 --> 03:15.970 But this expansion of production has 03:15.970 --> 03:18.550 come at the expense of the atmosphere that has made 03:18.550 --> 03:20.110 the urban farm what it is-- 03:20.110 --> 03:24.880 the legibility of authorship of collaboration of identity. 03:24.880 --> 03:27.160 The greenhouse kit is a generic solution-- 03:27.160 --> 03:29.980 cheap, easy to construct, and pre-engineered, 03:29.980 --> 03:33.280 making it the obvious choice for more grassroots efforts 03:33.280 --> 03:36.530 that urban agriculture endeavors tend to be. 03:36.530 --> 03:38.440 But should we ask more of this form 03:38.440 --> 03:42.680 as it moves to expand upon the legacy of its predecessor? 03:42.680 --> 03:45.380 Should a house for an African community in Maine 03:45.380 --> 03:47.630 look like a greenhouse for a Hispanic community 03:47.630 --> 03:50.780 in California, two different communities and two 03:50.780 --> 03:51.920 different climates? 03:51.920 --> 03:54.950 Considering the scarcity of open public spaces, 03:54.950 --> 03:58.310 what other programs can it support or contain? 03:58.310 --> 04:00.860 Can we take a greenhouse kit that exists everywhere 04:00.860 --> 04:03.110 and develop a reconstruction so that it 04:03.110 --> 04:04.970 reacts to the constraints of its location? 04:07.780 --> 04:10.420 Looking forward, how can we envision the future 04:10.420 --> 04:12.280 of the greenhouse in the city? 04:12.280 --> 04:15.850 This thesis looks at the urban greenhouse building typology 04:15.850 --> 04:19.959 as a vehicle to investigate the role of storytelling, culture, 04:19.959 --> 04:23.020 and identity in urban contexts and how 04:23.020 --> 04:26.560 it can push architecture toward rich specificity, 04:26.560 --> 04:29.560 and simultaneously, how architecture then 04:29.560 --> 04:33.100 can bend urban fabric to accommodate, reflect, 04:33.100 --> 04:36.490 and anchor the identities of the users moving within it. 04:39.640 --> 04:43.150 So getting to this point about transforming 04:43.150 --> 04:46.690 the urban greenhouse came through a set of projects 04:46.690 --> 04:50.890 that I did before MAD and while it was at MAD. 04:50.890 --> 04:55.360 This is the Geneva Ave. here at Hope Garden in Roxbury. 04:55.360 --> 04:58.030 We completed this project in the summer of 2019, 04:58.030 --> 05:02.560 and the idea was taking the existing urban agricultural 05:02.560 --> 05:03.970 landscape that Boston has. 05:03.970 --> 05:07.870 And it's been really fruitful for the community in upgrading 05:07.870 --> 05:10.300 that with built architecture and how 05:10.300 --> 05:12.640 architecture can help reflect the communities 05:12.640 --> 05:14.650 that it's within. 05:14.650 --> 05:20.890 This is a wood-built project, but it did have a few pitfalls. 05:20.890 --> 05:24.610 Think about budget and the building technology that comes 05:24.610 --> 05:27.550 within making a greenhouse. 05:27.550 --> 05:31.180 The next project is the community greenhouse project 05:31.180 --> 05:34.780 in Morton Street, off Morton Street and also in Aspinwall. 05:34.780 --> 05:36.730 So this was a direct reaction to that 05:36.730 --> 05:41.470 where we had more funding in a better starting place. 05:41.470 --> 05:45.490 So the idea was to take a greenhouse kit, 05:45.490 --> 05:48.340 upgrade the capabilities that comes across 05:48.340 --> 05:51.025 with urban agriculture, and then try 05:51.025 --> 05:52.900 to bring in a lot of the things that we tried 05:52.900 --> 05:56.530 to achieve the first go round with programming 05:56.530 --> 05:59.650 and essential public spaces for the community. 06:02.570 --> 06:06.760 And then most recently, a team of Sheila 06:06.760 --> 06:12.600 and a team of my classmates, we won the Mayor's Office New 06:12.600 --> 06:15.040 Urban Mechanics Public Space Invitational. 06:15.040 --> 06:20.200 So now we're developing these compact portable kitchens 06:20.200 --> 06:24.130 that we can prop up in existing urban agricultural spaces 06:24.130 --> 06:27.400 to promote more community spaces where people 06:27.400 --> 06:29.710 can come together, share the recipes, 06:29.710 --> 06:31.480 share what they're growing in the gardens, 06:31.480 --> 06:35.740 and create a way for non-farmers and community members 06:35.740 --> 06:40.550 to come together and share those aspects together. 06:40.550 --> 06:42.050 Thank you. 06:42.050 --> 06:44.960 [APPLAUSE] 06:50.770 --> 06:52.930 Let's give it up to Justin for his award. 06:52.930 --> 06:55.250 [APPLAUSE] 06:59.310 --> 07:00.810 Getting stuff done. 07:00.810 --> 07:03.750 It seems like this is a really great example 07:03.750 --> 07:06.150 of a very integrated project that 07:06.150 --> 07:07.620 involves building technology. 07:07.620 --> 07:11.670 It obviously involves design, community, history, 07:11.670 --> 07:14.880 food cultures, food heritages. 07:14.880 --> 07:16.560 Maybe you can just reflect a little bit 07:16.560 --> 07:23.190 on what you see the impact of being able to design a kit that 07:23.190 --> 07:25.890 could be adapted to different climates that would be 07:25.890 --> 07:28.290 a low-cost piece of infrastructure that would 07:28.290 --> 07:33.670 enable communities to grow food on three seasons or year round. 07:33.670 --> 07:34.930 Let's start with that. 07:34.930 --> 07:35.430 Yeah. 07:35.430 --> 07:38.970 I think my initial proposal for the Morningside 07:38.970 --> 07:41.850 Academy of Design was creating this corridor, 07:41.850 --> 07:44.850 and it took place within doing these smaller projects that 07:44.850 --> 07:46.965 can contribute to-- 07:46.965 --> 07:49.320 that can potentially turn into a constellation 07:49.320 --> 07:53.470 to make a bigger infrastructural moment. 07:53.470 --> 07:58.560 And I think the kits can enable the community members to make 07:58.560 --> 08:01.370 decisions for themselves while also recognizing 08:01.370 --> 08:05.800 the need for design and enabling them with the tools to do that. 08:05.800 --> 08:09.480 And then all within reflecting on the communities 08:09.480 --> 08:13.800 that they're within in creating this language around food 08:13.800 --> 08:15.660 and agriculture that already is prevalent, 08:15.660 --> 08:18.390 which could use an extra boost that I 08:18.390 --> 08:20.200 think designers can provide. 08:20.200 --> 08:20.700 Yeah. 08:20.700 --> 08:22.110 I think it's really interesting, the idea 08:22.110 --> 08:23.940 of taking a standard kit, something that 08:23.940 --> 08:26.370 can be mass manufactured, something that's affordable, 08:26.370 --> 08:28.800 and then using local materials-- 08:28.800 --> 08:31.800 brick, earth brick, wood-- 08:31.800 --> 08:34.590 to essentially make a passive greenhouse that 08:34.590 --> 08:40.530 will transform that kit from its generic glass or plexi 08:40.530 --> 08:42.480 on all four sides to something that can really 08:42.480 --> 08:45.060 hold the heat of the sun. 08:45.060 --> 08:45.600 Definitely. 08:45.600 --> 08:47.490 And I think with the project that we're 08:47.490 --> 08:51.270 working on now, having these-- 08:51.270 --> 08:53.730 not going fully built into a greenhouse 08:53.730 --> 08:57.180 but providing this smaller infrastructural piece that 08:57.180 --> 09:01.590 can get the wheels moving on people taking ownership 09:01.590 --> 09:05.040 of the spaces, being there for longer periods of time 09:05.040 --> 09:07.530 with lighting and solar infrastructure, 09:07.530 --> 09:11.430 and then creating a space to facilitate those conversations 09:11.430 --> 09:13.905 where people share stories and share a lot of the things 09:13.905 --> 09:15.780 that they're working on, similarly to the way 09:15.780 --> 09:18.543 that we're doing now, is the real goal. 09:18.543 --> 09:20.460 And I think bringing that into the greenhouse, 09:20.460 --> 09:22.980 this as a first step is a really, really good move. 09:22.980 --> 09:26.250 There's probably a really interesting opportunity 09:26.250 --> 09:29.430 for different cultures, different generations 09:29.430 --> 09:33.360 to meet in these pop-up kitchens, so-called, 09:33.360 --> 09:36.570 and to tell stories about recipes 09:36.570 --> 09:40.470 and to use the small-scale solar that we're introducing 09:40.470 --> 09:43.560 to power small blenders for smoothies, 09:43.560 --> 09:49.710 to make local quick podcasts, to engage local public schools 09:49.710 --> 09:52.140 about healthy food and gardening, 09:52.140 --> 09:54.700 and also about environmental education, right? 09:54.700 --> 09:55.200 Yeah. 09:55.200 --> 09:58.770 I think one of the main things I was trying to get across 09:58.770 --> 10:03.240 in the video was the gray space that 10:03.240 --> 10:07.500 comes with all these infrastructural interventions. 10:07.500 --> 10:11.040 Yes, you do have the solar power, the bits and pieces 10:11.040 --> 10:13.050 that we go to school for to learn about, 10:13.050 --> 10:16.080 but there is the personalities and the ideas 10:16.080 --> 10:19.440 and the culture that comes within giving people the space 10:19.440 --> 10:22.960 to be people and exist and create community. 10:22.960 --> 10:24.678 And I think that's the main piece 10:24.678 --> 10:26.970 I'd like to get across that doesn't usually come across 10:26.970 --> 10:28.387 in typical architectural projects. 10:28.387 --> 10:28.890 Yes. 10:28.890 --> 10:30.720 And I think to expand on that point, 10:30.720 --> 10:35.820 I think it was your key insight that typically, we take food 10:35.820 --> 10:39.390 from a grocery store, or maybe from a garden, 10:39.390 --> 10:41.910 and we bring it into a building, a house, 10:41.910 --> 10:44.520 and then we eat it or prepare it in a kitchen. 10:44.520 --> 10:46.320 And you're really taking a kitchen 10:46.320 --> 10:48.810 and putting it back into a garden 10:48.810 --> 10:50.170 and opening up that space. 10:50.170 --> 10:50.670 Yeah. 10:50.670 --> 10:53.250 I think there was a few observations. 10:53.250 --> 10:56.970 It was, one, food infrastructure and food security 10:56.970 --> 10:58.150 is really important. 10:58.150 --> 11:00.510 And then the social aspect is when 11:00.510 --> 11:02.738 everybody goes to a house party, everybody 11:02.738 --> 11:03.780 hangs out in the kitchen. 11:03.780 --> 11:06.750 It's the center of gravity where people-- 11:06.750 --> 11:08.803 you're sharing a meal with your partner. 11:08.803 --> 11:09.720 You have friends over. 11:09.720 --> 11:11.430 You want to cook for them. 11:11.430 --> 11:13.960 So it would seem like the ideal social space. 11:13.960 --> 11:17.070 And relating that to food is one to one, and then 11:17.070 --> 11:19.560 bringing that outside so that everybody 11:19.560 --> 11:22.080 can share those things is super important to people 11:22.080 --> 11:24.130 to the project, for sure. 11:24.130 --> 11:25.680 So maybe we can give a little teaser 11:25.680 --> 11:27.150 about the pop-up kitchens that will 11:27.150 --> 11:33.060 be coming to local gardens in Mattapan this summer. 11:33.060 --> 11:34.530 They're on wheels. 11:34.530 --> 11:35.130 Yes. 11:35.130 --> 11:39.400 So ideally, we'd build a few. 11:39.400 --> 11:41.697 And these are the sites that we're working with, 11:41.697 --> 11:43.530 the communities that we're working with that 11:43.530 --> 11:46.870 are giving us their feedback. 11:46.870 --> 11:49.170 So it'd be something that can travel around. 11:49.170 --> 11:51.600 And hopefully, we're trying to program some events 11:51.600 --> 11:54.870 and have people come out to share food, share ideas, 11:54.870 --> 11:56.810 and really kick off the farming season. 11:56.810 --> 12:00.830 And I think the goal is to have it done by July 12:00.830 --> 12:02.572 with some programming to come. 12:02.572 --> 12:04.280 I'm trying to bring some students with me 12:04.280 --> 12:06.410 and throw a party outside, basically. 12:06.410 --> 12:08.840 Yes, we'll throw a couple of parties outside, 12:08.840 --> 12:11.420 each party focusing on a different kind of food 12:11.420 --> 12:16.140 and everything that can be done with that vegetable or fruit. 12:16.140 --> 12:18.800 And I think you've also kind of-- we could talk a little bit 12:18.800 --> 12:20.630 more about unpacking the kitchen, 12:20.630 --> 12:22.970 not only taking it into the garden 12:22.970 --> 12:24.800 but unpacking what a kitchen is, which 12:24.800 --> 12:29.372 has really become, in the modern tradition, a sterile place. 12:29.372 --> 12:30.830 Of course, there has to be hygiene. 12:30.830 --> 12:31.622 It has to be clean. 12:31.622 --> 12:36.080 But we're unpacking the stove and making 12:36.080 --> 12:39.350 that a center, a heat, a place of heat, 12:39.350 --> 12:42.440 and then thinking about preparation and sinks 12:42.440 --> 12:44.960 and washing that can be something that people can 12:44.960 --> 12:46.850 participate in and sit around. 12:46.850 --> 12:50.010 So you're kind of combining the kitchen table with the kitchen, 12:50.010 --> 12:50.510 right? 12:50.510 --> 12:51.830 Exactly. 12:51.830 --> 12:56.270 Breaking down the parts and pieces, talking to people, 12:56.270 --> 12:57.770 see how they relate to those pieces, 12:57.770 --> 13:00.110 and then where we can configure them is, I think, 13:00.110 --> 13:01.190 where the magic happens. 13:01.190 --> 13:05.450 And we want to add a little bit of extra with music and places 13:05.450 --> 13:06.960 for people to store things. 13:06.960 --> 13:08.767 So there's a lot of practical things 13:08.767 --> 13:10.850 that need to be implemented because we are serving 13:10.850 --> 13:12.360 the farmers that are there to work, 13:12.360 --> 13:15.470 but also giving them the space and utility 13:15.470 --> 13:18.120 to have fun and enjoy themselves when they're doing it. 13:18.120 --> 13:18.620 Yeah. 13:18.620 --> 13:21.770 I think one thing that the MIT class has produced, 13:21.770 --> 13:29.570 Justin with his peers, is a really quick mobile set 13:29.570 --> 13:32.570 of kitchen pieces-- 13:32.570 --> 13:36.080 movable sinks, movable counters and tables, 13:36.080 --> 13:39.230 movable fireplace stoves-- 13:39.230 --> 13:43.340 and packed those into garden equipment 13:43.340 --> 13:44.750 in a really ingenious way. 13:44.750 --> 13:47.390 Think wheelbarrows that suddenly pop up 13:47.390 --> 13:48.980 and expand into this kitchen. 13:48.980 --> 13:53.870 So within 20 minutes, you can have a full-blown party going 13:53.870 --> 13:56.210 on and start talking about vegetables, 13:56.210 --> 13:59.360 start preparing them, and start that whole process 13:59.360 --> 14:01.220 of enjoying being together. 14:01.220 --> 14:03.446 Sounds really great. 14:03.446 --> 14:04.800 I'm excited. 14:04.800 --> 14:09.570 And let's get serious for one second. 14:09.570 --> 14:10.230 OK, Justin? 14:10.230 --> 14:12.800 All right. 14:12.800 --> 14:19.170 How has this seven months of fellowship and this project 14:19.170 --> 14:21.660 enabled you to do something as an MIT student 14:21.660 --> 14:25.200 that you might not have been able to do before? 14:25.200 --> 14:26.940 Yeah. 14:26.940 --> 14:30.390 I think being a part of Morningside was-- 14:30.390 --> 14:31.260 is great. 14:31.260 --> 14:33.120 [LAUGHS] I think-- 14:33.120 --> 14:33.870 Nostalgia already. 14:33.870 --> 14:35.100 Yeah. 14:35.100 --> 14:39.810 I think I came into MIT with some experience 14:39.810 --> 14:43.470 and ready to hit the ground running in working 14:43.470 --> 14:44.760 with you from the jump. 14:44.760 --> 14:49.332 I've been asking you, how can I get things done? 14:49.332 --> 14:50.290 I want to build things. 14:50.290 --> 14:51.123 I want to do things. 14:51.123 --> 14:52.800 I want to interact with people outside 14:52.800 --> 14:54.907 of the typical coursework and classroom. 14:54.907 --> 14:57.240 And I think Morningside has been really pivotal in that, 14:57.240 --> 15:00.750 giving us the space to do those things, giving us the resources 15:00.750 --> 15:03.420 and the support to make something like this to happen 15:03.420 --> 15:06.990 or even attempt to try to make something like this happen. 15:06.990 --> 15:10.450 So it's been a really great seven months, 15:10.450 --> 15:12.580 which feels like a really short period of time. 15:12.580 --> 15:13.080 Yeah. 15:13.080 --> 15:14.910 I think what Justin is also talking about 15:14.910 --> 15:17.700 is that, of course, in MIT, we have classes, 15:17.700 --> 15:18.810 and it's academic. 15:18.810 --> 15:21.780 It's pure research, or it's more abstract design. 15:21.780 --> 15:25.440 But in a case like this, not only is Justin 15:25.440 --> 15:28.110 innovating with this fundamental idea 15:28.110 --> 15:31.980 of bringing the kitchen back to the land and back to people 15:31.980 --> 15:36.630 in the garden, but doing so respecting all the safety 15:36.630 --> 15:40.740 issues, all the code issues, every aspect 15:40.740 --> 15:43.830 that goes into making public sector work 15:43.830 --> 15:45.630 work for the public. 15:45.630 --> 15:48.570 And that has historically been challenging 15:48.570 --> 15:52.140 to do at MIT where there's a very strong divide, sometimes 15:52.140 --> 15:56.730 for good reasons, between what can be done in terms 15:56.730 --> 15:59.640 of direct action in our country, the US, 15:59.640 --> 16:04.710 and in our neighborhoods, and what MIT conducts 16:04.710 --> 16:06.490 as subject matter in classes. 16:06.490 --> 16:08.947 So in several different courses and studios, 16:08.947 --> 16:10.530 we try to bring those things together. 16:10.530 --> 16:13.680 But I think your project and your class project 16:13.680 --> 16:17.220 is really a great example of how that larger idea of food 16:17.220 --> 16:19.800 connects with building technology, 16:19.800 --> 16:21.660 with some mechanical engineering. 16:21.660 --> 16:23.430 There are wheels. 16:23.430 --> 16:25.560 Things do pop up. 16:25.560 --> 16:29.610 And also, all of those aspects that 16:29.610 --> 16:33.850 really go into making a project real and implementing it, 16:33.850 --> 16:34.950 which I think is-- 16:34.950 --> 16:38.490 it's my own view, but I think that that is really 16:38.490 --> 16:44.850 what the breakthrough trajectory of the Morningside Design 16:44.850 --> 16:48.360 Academy is, facilitating and removing 16:48.360 --> 16:53.410 some of those divisions between what we study in school 16:53.410 --> 16:56.130 and the kinds of projects we can take on 16:56.130 --> 16:59.640 and the needs that are out there in the world 16:59.640 --> 17:03.000 and how we can actually make that transfer, that innovation 17:03.000 --> 17:06.390 transfer from an idea, the great idea an innovation, 17:06.390 --> 17:08.490 to something that can be implemented out there 17:08.490 --> 17:09.280 in the world. 17:09.280 --> 17:09.780 Yeah. 17:09.780 --> 17:12.720 I think the ability or the opportunity 17:12.720 --> 17:16.349 to bridge the gap between pedagogy and practice 17:16.349 --> 17:19.589 in a practical manner for a greater cause 17:19.589 --> 17:23.819 has been the baseline and the opportunity that 17:23.819 --> 17:26.940 was given through MAD, which is, I think, super important. 17:26.940 --> 17:27.967 Do you want to talk-- 17:27.967 --> 17:29.800 we don't probably don't have much time left, 17:29.800 --> 17:32.383 but do you want to talk a little bit about some of the parties 17:32.383 --> 17:36.540 that you imagine happening, the pop-up kitchen parties? 17:36.540 --> 17:38.040 So there's a lot of programming that 17:38.040 --> 17:43.860 happens around these gardens, at least opening days, workdays. 17:43.860 --> 17:45.810 And I think we're meeting a lot of people 17:45.810 --> 17:49.470 outside, doing the research and coordinating with them, 17:49.470 --> 17:53.100 trying to get the best music possible, 17:53.100 --> 17:54.720 trying to coordinate with food that's 17:54.720 --> 17:57.180 on site and then food that can come from local restaurants 17:57.180 --> 17:59.220 to support local businesses, who were important, 17:59.220 --> 18:02.580 trying to get the DJs together and a lot of the flyers. 18:02.580 --> 18:04.470 So I think it's going to be a lot of fun. 18:04.470 --> 18:07.348 Trying to do at least three, but I think once it gets going, 18:07.348 --> 18:09.390 it's going to take on a life of itself, for sure. 18:09.390 --> 18:11.610 Would there be interest in getting on the email list? 18:14.140 --> 18:14.640 All right. 18:14.640 --> 18:16.620 There is an interest in food parties then. 18:16.620 --> 18:17.120 All right. 18:17.120 --> 18:20.490 We're going to be taking names and emails after this. 18:20.490 --> 18:22.360 Any last thoughts, Justin? 18:22.360 --> 18:23.612 I'm excited to be here. 18:23.612 --> 18:25.320 I'm happy I finally got a chance to share 18:25.320 --> 18:28.740 this work with you guys and talk to my fellow fellows 18:28.740 --> 18:29.880 afterwards. 18:29.880 --> 18:30.645 OK. 18:30.645 --> 18:32.145 Thank you so much for all your work. 18:32.145 --> 18:32.645 [APPLAUSE] 18:32.645 --> 18:33.420 Thank you. 18:33.420 --> 18:34.950 [APPLAUSE] 18:34.950 --> 18:37.762 What a wonderful way to deploy design 18:37.762 --> 18:39.720 and what a wonderful way to create a community. 18:39.720 --> 18:40.560 And now you've got it. 18:40.560 --> 18:41.977 There's, like, 100 people in here. 18:41.977 --> 18:43.210 We're all going to show up. 18:43.210 --> 18:47.160 So we have a little bit of time. 18:47.160 --> 18:52.080 Anybody has a burning question for Justin [INAUDIBLE]?? 18:52.080 --> 18:58.220 Or are you thinking about it until everybody's done? 18:58.220 --> 18:59.970 There we go. 18:59.970 --> 19:01.730 So first off, I want to say I love 19:01.730 --> 19:03.080 this idea and this concept. 19:03.080 --> 19:04.740 Just absolutely great. 19:04.740 --> 19:07.070 I'm curious how you're thinking about trying 19:07.070 --> 19:10.920 to encourage people to use these facilities 19:10.920 --> 19:13.040 and this infrastructure that you're building. 19:13.040 --> 19:16.370 Because I see sometimes at public demonstrations 19:16.370 --> 19:19.370 that there's a really great opening, but then 19:19.370 --> 19:22.280 people tend not to build it into their schedules 19:22.280 --> 19:23.120 and their teams. 19:23.120 --> 19:26.588 And it just doesn't get used as much. 19:26.588 --> 19:28.880 So I'm curious how you're thinking about that longevity 19:28.880 --> 19:35.180 and how it's really [INAUDIBLE] 19:35.180 --> 19:35.680 Yeah. 19:35.680 --> 19:39.250 I think just having these six sites up-- 19:39.250 --> 19:42.160 all these sites come with specific community members that 19:42.160 --> 19:44.770 are caretakers of each site. 19:44.770 --> 19:48.160 They're there every season, excited. 19:48.160 --> 19:50.470 They recognize when new people come around. 19:50.470 --> 19:52.370 They're really on top of it. 19:52.370 --> 19:55.185 And then the idea of bringing the kitchen to these sites 19:55.185 --> 19:56.560 have already been-- we've already 19:56.560 --> 19:58.227 had those conversations, and they're all 19:58.227 --> 19:59.900 super excited about it. 19:59.900 --> 20:02.807 This isn't something that we wanted to just-- 20:02.807 --> 20:04.390 it is a pop-up question, but we didn't 20:04.390 --> 20:06.265 want to just pop it up in a neighborhood that 20:06.265 --> 20:07.160 didn't want it. 20:07.160 --> 20:10.300 So those conversations have been super pivotal in forming 20:10.300 --> 20:11.380 the kitchen itself. 20:11.380 --> 20:14.195 And this isn't something that can-- 20:14.195 --> 20:16.070 I'm not going to put in my garage afterwards. 20:16.070 --> 20:19.444 We had the conversation long term as well. 20:19.444 --> 20:22.630 More specifically, on Wilson street, 20:22.630 --> 20:25.630 they're a super great community, super excited to have it, 20:25.630 --> 20:28.460 and would like to have it in the long term. 20:28.460 --> 20:31.420 So I think the afterlife-- the project almost 20:31.420 --> 20:34.503 starts after it's built. So I think the afterlife of it 20:34.503 --> 20:36.670 is super important and speaks to a lot of the things 20:36.670 --> 20:38.170 that you mentioned ahead of time. 20:38.170 --> 20:42.310 But I'm super confident that once it's demonstrated, 20:42.310 --> 20:44.560 easy to use-- most people know how to use a kitchen. 20:44.560 --> 20:46.510 Everybody knows how to share those things. 20:46.510 --> 20:49.540 It will reverberate and turn into something bigger 20:49.540 --> 20:52.180 and definitely have an afterlife, for sure. 20:52.180 --> 20:53.410 OK. 20:53.410 --> 20:54.610 Let's give Justin a hand. 20:54.610 --> 20:55.760 Thank you. 20:55.760 --> 21:01.050 We have another opportunity to ask questions in a minute.