Silver Park Design Competition
Winners Announced
We are proud to announce the winners of the Silver Park Design Competition, a contest to create three small log and/or timber shelters, with benches, in Silver Park, Missoula, Montana. The winners are (in alphabetic order) Jeremy Bonin; Joseph Scarpa with Benjamin Nia; and Jeffrey Stahlecker. Congratulations to all! Below, we present their award-winning entries.
Two of the winning designs (the Bonin design and the Scarpa/Nia design) will be built at a workshop sponsored by the Timber Framers Guild in cooperation with Home Resource, a non-profit organization that collects and sells re-usable building materials to reduce waste, help build healthier communities, and promote a more vibrant and sustainable local economy. The TFG workshop is a week-long project to be held September 22-26, 2008, in Osprey Stadium in Missoula, Montana.
The third design, by Jeffrey Stahlecker, will be built by the International Log Builders' Association (ILBA) at their conference in Whitefish, Montana April 3-6, 2008. All three structures will be erected along the Clark Fork River Trail in Silver Park at the conclusion of the Missoula workshop.
Formerly a mill site and originally owned by Morris Silver in the 1930s and then by the F. Morris & Helen Silver Foundation, Silver Park will be a 15-acre public space owned by the city of Missoula. Situated along the river across from downtown Missoula, it connects to and extends Missoula's river trail system. The park's theme celebrates the heritage of timber in Western Montana. For more information and background on the competition, click here.
This competition is a partnership of the Missoula Redevelopment Agency (MRA), the Timber Framers Guild, and the International Log Builders Association (ILBA), and the awards are being sponsored by Apex Engineering Services, Inc.; Beaudette Consulting Engineers; and Fearless Engineers, PLLC.
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Design Winner: Jeremy Bonin, Claremont, New Hampshire
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What the jury said ...
“I love the expression of
this joyous and seemingly
freeform design that gets
great visual ‘liftoff ’.”
“The fluidness of this design
echoes the mountains of
Montana. This design
gives the builder a chance
to work on compound
connections, skewed angles
and interesting roof
applications.”
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Design Winner: Joseph Scarpa and Benjamin Nia, Millville, New Jersey
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What the jury said ...
“This an intricate and inviting place that draws visitors both to it and through it.”
“The joinery will showcase the capability and talent of a timber framer’s artistry.”
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Design Winner: Jeffrey Stahlecker, Hamilton, Montana
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What the jury said ...
“The simplicity
of this structure
affords a
wonderful
opportunity
to show the
marriage of
log and timber
elements to great
advantage.”
“The soft splay
of the tie beam’s
connection into
the full round
log header will be
a great learning
experience for
any builder.”
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