The Doors at the Panhandle Bandshell
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto 
on 07.11.07
It is a temporary music venue to "create a space for non-amplified, acoustic neighborhood performances" and "demonstrate through creative reuse of materials that a beautiful structure can be built from material that would otherwise have been thrown away, raising collective awareness of our impact on the environment." The outer skin is made by overlapping seventy-five automobile hoods; The underside of the car hoods will be painted a silver color and the structural support arches will be covered with computer circuit panels. The back wall will be crafted from stacked plastic drinking water bottles and will be illuminated with low-powered, amber-colored LED solar-powered lights. The stage surface will be made from reclaimed solid-core doors. (more on materials here)
It is designed by Treehugger Faves ReBAR (remember their Parking space? ?) the Finch Mob Collective. and Christopher Guillard.
And it will stay that way: "Neighborhood volunteers will be scheduled to support graffiti abatement by painting over any safely accessible tagging on a daily basis. Bandshell Project team members will take responsibility for painting over any graffiti that requires a ladder for access with 48 hours."
It will be available for rental until September 15. ::The Panhandle Bandshell via ::Life Without Buildings
Follow @TreeHugger on Twitter & get our headlines with @TH_rss!
Thirsty for more? Check out these related articles:
- Surf Green with Eco-Friendly Surf Gear
- Support Green Live Music: Sarah Harmer
- Build a Greenhouse without Going Broke
- Is School Food Harming Kids? Enlist a Labor Day Eat-In To Promote Fresh, Healthy Food
- Discover San Francisco's Secret Treasures While Volunteering!
- Make Your Own T-Shirt: Empire Waist With A Personal Touch
i love the idea and creativity, but man is this thing ugly. i dont know why they are so worried about graffiti (as opposed to "tagging". some artistic graffiti could only help. congrats though to the the finch mob art collective and rebar for taking such an active part in the community.
I live across the street from the bandshell; when we first heard it was going to be built I was very skeptical, but the completed project surprised us with its industrial stylishness. I'm actually proud of it now.
We live on Christmas Island,a small Island in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Building materials are expensive and half to be shipped which is expensive and time consumming. There is however lots of dead cars at the tip. I found this design inspriational.
NO ONE ever uses this thing. The stage sits empty all day, every day. At night homeless people camp out in it. There is never anyone playing on the stage anytime I've been in the park (I walk right past there every day twice a day going to and from work: in the morning and again around 4:30pm). Never seen a single folk singer, puppet show, or juggling act. Nothing. The stage just sits there empty. Do people sign up and then just not show for their slots or what? It seemed like a cool idea, but nothing's ever there so it's pretty lame.