This site is located just off of Capitol Drive and Estabrook Parkway.

Just a short walk from nearly six bus stops as well as free parking makes this a prime location for community engagement. Along with substantial access to public transportation, a county bird watching trail runs right along this stretch of land, bringing a host of new patrons to enjoy this site intervention.

This specific site was chosen because it sits at the intersection of two paths which conveys a merging of not only people, but thoughts, ideas and knowledge. This, we felt, was the perfect space for families, friends, and even strangers to meet and exchange those thoughts and ideas while still maintaining a safe distance from one another. Each pod structure is set up to be completely interactive, with one simply being a place to read and relax on one's own, another an active "little free library", and the final being a place for people to leave notes for one another!

This project is part of an architecture studio class at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Our site is just one of 35 temporary installations around the outskirts of Milwaukee. Each team was assigned a general site area where we were tasked with completing a site analysis, sketching a wide variety of ideas, making small physical models, as well as draft construction documents and construct the final built project!