- project leader
- Ridhi D
- location
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1421 SE Division(-)
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- First Phase Almost Done!
the project
Of all “first world” nations, ours struggles with some of the highest rates of crime, unhappiness, isolation, and polarization. Lack of public gathering places reinforces our perceived separation.
The City Repair Project fosters thriving, inclusive and sustainable communities through the creative reclamation of public space. We accomplish this by facilitating the emergence of place, the process through which physical locations or “spaces” become imbued with meaning. Even a dreary, underutilized space can be a container for connection.
Combining the energy of tea and functional art creates the possibility for us to transcend. Since 1995, City Repair has combined these time-tested tools of placemaking and tea to create a fleet of mobile tea-houses including the T-Bike, T-Whale, T-Pony, the T-Palace and the T-Horse. This spring, we are launching a new addition, the T-Crab! This bike version will better demonstrate environmental sustainability than our previous truck-based models.
The T-Crab is a crab-shaped, Japanese-inspired tea bike-cart being designed and built by Adrian Haley from Crows Foot Creatives. T-Crab metamorphosizes into a whimsical awning and meeting space. Herein, gatherers are drawn to free home-crafted teas like bees to nectar. It opens its arms to contain gatherings for celebration, mutual support, and community organizing thereby creating cultural mixing zones in public meeting deserts.
As a pedal-powered electric assist vehicle, it has the ability to squeeze into underutilized spaces that the T-Horse was too truck-like to participate in. Where do you think T-Crab’s agility can be best used to activate unusual spaces and collaborations?
the steps
Crowsfoot Creatives Construction began April 1st. As fabrication of the folding legs and kitchen progresses over a two week period, we will resolve design considerations for the tea-serving system. Following fabrication completion, the skin will be made and fitted by a local sail and awning maker. By mid-April it will be outfitted with electric assist, and linkages (how it attaches to the bike). By the end of April we will begin the ‘sea trials’ where kinks and bumps are worked out on the road. It will be finalized and painted, and outfitted with the awning ready to debut at the Village Building Convergence (VBC), June 2-11, 2017.
why we're doing it
As a mobile event space, the T-Crab is a tool for transforming inaccessible spaces into meeting places. This creates the opportunity for people who may otherwise never speak to each other, to sit down, share a cup of tea, and build common ground. It creates usable exterior shelter for a variety of uses anytime, anywhere and for all people. Additionally, it does so without dependence on resources like fossil fuels within an unjust capitalistic system of profiteering.
We're also doing this project to support each other. Special thank you to Global Homestead Garage, Waagmeester, Portland Bureau of Transportation, Portland State University and especially Ethan Seltzer, and Colin Platt from Underdog Unlimited.
budget
DISBURSEMENT BUDGET (as of 7/19/17):
RAISED = | $785.00 |
ioby Platform Fee | waived |
Payment Processing Fee (3%) | $22.86 |
TOTAL TO DISBURSE = | $762.14 |
Labor and Materials: $762.14
ORIGINAL BUDGET:
Supplies | Items |
$800.00 | 280 ft*steel |
$120.00 | fixtures |
$500.00 | power asst. wheel |
$200.00 | paint |
$350.00 | weld supplies |
$240.00 | Wheel |
$350.00 | linkage parts |
$140.00 | roofiing |
$1,500.00 | Awning |
$600.00 | space rental |
Supply Total |
$5,280.00 |
Builder's hrs | Design hrs | Weld hrs |
72 | 20 | 52 |
Build | Design/weld | |
$2,160.00 | $2,780.00 |
Total Labor |
144 |
$4,940.00 |
Total Estimate |
$10,070.00 |
OFFLINE DONATIONS RECEIVED: $8,000
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updates
First Phase Almost Done!
Posted 08/17/2017 - 4:04pm
We need bike parts and bike repairers!
Posted 06/01/2017 - 1:45pm
~BIKE REPAIR ROSTER~
*Install quick-release seat bolts
*Adjust breaks and shifters and usual tune up stuff
*Investigate cricking cracking noise from front peddling position
~BIKE PARTS~
*Replace pedals
*Donate and install new front fork with disc breaks
*Lights and horns bells.
Ideally, these will be done before our first ride Pedalpalooza: Right2DreamToo Bike Move w/City Repair's T-Crab on June 2. But anytime works, so please get in touch!
PS: If you don't know what the TCrab is, visit http://bit.ly/teacrab.
Build update
Posted 04/23/2017 - 9:14pm
4/6/2017
Fabrication of legs is going well.
4/13/2017
Test set up, looking good!
4/21/2017
Drive train test. Successful.
photos
This is where photos will go once we build flickr integrationdonors
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Amanda Rain
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Yellow Lotus House
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Matt Phillips
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Mark Lakeman
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Nomadic Artifacts
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Marilyn Lipko
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Greg & Beth Raisman
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Anonymous
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Ethan Seltzer