The project was initially proposed by now-Masters students David Cocks and Mike Cook, in response to the graffiti bylaw passed by the city last year. Here in the city, another group of students will design and build a 75-foot-long "community art" (read: graffiti) wall, which will be temporarily installed on the Halifax Common. It's invaluable to their next steps as architects." "There's nothing better for the students than to actually build something. A recent recruit to the Dal faculty, Molesky-responsible for last year's urban park beside the Salvation Army on Gottingen Street-cites the Cheticamp free lab as what initially attracted her to Dalhousie. Over the next two weeks, Molesky will be asking students to build a landscape installation, in response to the natural marshland environment of Grand Pre, currently campaigning for UNESCO world heritage designation. Others, such as professor Susan Molesky's Marsh Instrument, are more experimental in nature. Some, such as the Spencer's Island outdoor cinema, are community-based. Work on this year's projects begins within the next week. Last summer, a dozen students worked with visiting professor Peter Sassenroth (the German architect behind Berlin's Chapel of Reconciliation) on a rammed-earth bicycle shed in a north end backyard-a study to determine how an ancient building technique would stand up to harsh maritime weather. Marking the end of the summer academic term, free labs allow students to trade the confines of the studio in for a full-scale building experience and to learn how those lines on the drawing board relate to three-dimensional structures in the real world. We've taken undervalued material and added value by design." Using innovative and appropriate building materials and techniques, these projects, says Kroeker, "show how small-budget ideas can make itin the world of high architecture. This year, it will be showcased in the Venice Biennale Architecture Exhibition. Another of his projects, the Murdena Marshall Meeting Hall in Eskasoni, took three years and the involvement of many students to get from initial design to completion. Richard Kroeker was one of the professors who led the Cheticamp theatre build. Le Theatre Petit Cercle went on to win a handful of prestigious architecture awards and, in the process, became one of the most talked-about projects to emerge from the school's annual free-lab exercise. In the summer of 2004, a group of Dalhousie architecture students set up shop in Cheticamp where, under the guidance of a few profs and in collaboration with the local community, they spent two weeks designing and building a permanent outdoor children's theatre.
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