MADE IN OPA LOCKA
Made in Opa-locka presents a new model for architectural practice that is simultaneously research and realization; both critical and rooted in the difficult realities of race, class, and economics; and that is opportunistic in leveraging new sources of funding for experimental architecture in the public realm.
Operating under the guise as public artists, architects Bonner+Stayner embarked in a large urban renewal project to include three Public Houses and nine Micro-Enterprises. Working with the local building stock in this north Miami neighborhood, we propose micro additions to houses to promote the up-start of at-home businesses while adding storefront windows to other homes encouraging public spaces for all, such as, an art hotel, business incubator, and after-school program. To acheive these projects Bonner+Stayner proposed to work with city officials to re-write the zoning code for the city of Opa-Locka.
Operating under the guise as public artists, architects Bonner+Stayner embarked in a large urban renewal project to include three Public Houses and nine Micro-Enterprises. Working with the local building stock in this north Miami neighborhood, we propose micro additions to houses to promote the up-start of at-home businesses while adding storefront windows to other homes encouraging public spaces for all, such as, an art hotel, business incubator, and after-school program. To acheive these projects Bonner+Stayner proposed to work with city officials to re-write the zoning code for the city of Opa-Locka.
Location: Opa Locka, FLDate: 2012
Type: Urban Renewal
Exhibitions: HistoryMIAMI, 2013; On
the Road Project LA, 2013
CREDITS
Collaboration with Christian Stayner for Bonner+Stayner
Design Team: Colin Lienhard, David de Céspedes, John Guinn, Leanne Drake, Robert Michel, Ainsley McMaster
Project Manager: Germane Barnes
Size: 7 Micro-Enterprise additions, 4 Public House
renovations
Budget: $3.1 million
CREDITS
Collaboration with Christian Stayner for Bonner+Stayner
Design Team: Colin Lienhard, David de Céspedes, John Guinn, Leanne Drake, Robert Michel, Ainsley McMaster
Project Manager: Germane Barnes
Size: 7 Micro-Enterprise additions, 4 Public House
renovations
Budget: $3.1 million
