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<\/a>Responding to 7 questions<\/p><\/div>\n
We began by\u00a0answering\u00a07 questions<\/em> about Flock House. We hope many visitors\u00a0will use these questions to think about Flock House, and share their ideas. Our\u00a0writing fed discussion about Flock House as structure, creative space, and shelter.<\/p>\n As structure:<\/strong>\u00a0Open and free, Little or No Facade, Constructed of Recycled, Up-cycled for a “New Used” approach\u00a0in\u00a0making Functional Art. Flock House\u00a0is Radical and Useful, Intriguing and Mystical, Exposed Metal and Wood, Organic and Industrial. These qualities are Futuristic Functional. The NYC Flock House is highly Tactile, sculpted wood, a\u00a0Lantern, Platform, lifted up from street level, a Movable foundation. These are highly Urban structures. This question about using recycled materials, “Is there more waste than structure on the planet?” Useful, discarded materials\u00a0=\u00a0Abundance?<\/p>\n As creative space:<\/strong> Inviting. Not a place to live. No storage. Not really weather tight – Exposed. A place you want to enter,\u00a0do something\u00a0you want to do.\u00a0A work space. No where. Non where. A place of Discovery. A place of\u00a0Creative Solutions. Aquaponics. Water filtration. Rain capture.\u00a0Growing plants for food and beauty. Why are we so ignorant of these basic systems, so dependent on obscure utilities?<\/p>\n As shelter<\/strong>:\u00a0How would I bathe, use the bathroom? If many\u00a0houses installed\u00a0in a Flock,\u00a0would these practical issues be solved communally? \u00a0A shared kitchen, shared dining, central toilets and bathing? Is a completely self-sufficient Flock House a necessity for the first stage? How will this idea evolve as more people build them and discover how to use them? Are we talking about the need for shelter for the Less fortunate? Or about purging our material space to Less clutter and stuff? Is Less a\u00a0virtue or a loss?<\/p>\n We go to the\u00a04th and 5th floors at Bemis. We find small boxes for the art materials we will place in the Flock House for visitors to use. Cassidy\u00a0finds boxes to use as screens when she begins to make paper. She leaves us carrying materials for paper making.<\/p>\n