Parking Lot Low-Tech Structure Building
As shown in the pocket guide on pages 55 and 56, we encourage you to experiment with building low-tech structures in a parking lot, park, or your driveway to get over any apprehension about building these for real. These simple exercises can:
- be great team-building
- simulate many of the safety and logistical concerns encountered
- get you familiar with the basics
Plus, the ingredients can be sourced from what you can find laying around or a quick trip to the local building supply store.
Topic Covered in Virtual Workshop
In the 2020 Virtual Workshop, we presented this topic in Module 1F: What You Came For - Your First BDA.
BDA Parking Lot Example
The above figure shows the ingredients, tools, and instructions for a parking-lot version of the common post-line with willow wicker weave BDA (Figure 4.38 in Chapter 4).
Below is an example from two BDAs we built using a sidewalk as “the channel” and showing with ribbon the predicted zone of influence of the structures:
PALS Parking Lot Example
The same can be done for PALS. Below is an example where Steve Bennett and Joe Wheaton built the first-ever parking lot PALS — including:
- Two bank-attached PALS (one bank blaster, one constriction jet)
- One mid-channel PALS
using a sidewalk as “the channel” with ribbon showing the zone of influence:
Details of Which PALS Were Built
Bank-Attached Bank Blaster
See Figure 4.23 in Chapter 4
Bank-Attached Constriction Jet
See Figure 4.24 in Chapter 4
Mid-Channel PALS
See Figure 4.25 in Chapter 4
Fun Examples from Past Workshops
Click for album 📷 from past workshops.
In the album 📷 you will find multiple time-lapses and photos like this one:
Twitter Example
Awesome group of students building parking lot #BDAs in #lowtechPBR workshop today @CNRUSU.
See on Twitter