August 2008

We’ve just wrapped up two great meetings concerning the Pet Lovers Wall and the coordination with related projects (the sculpture and the remodeling of the shelter.)  The first was a meeting at the city where everyone involved with all projects attended and the second was a meeting just with the project manager of the remodeling of the shelter.  Both meetings were great, and everything is moving along.

The Pet Lovers Wall be reviewed by the architect’s structural engineer and will be included with the landscape drawings for purposes of permitting.  The architects are going to include a concrete foundation sized for the weight and length of the wall, as well as designate other areas around the shelter where future walls can be built when the need for expansion arises.

Currently, we are in the process of finding a manufacturer in Albuquerque that will produce the bricks for us based on our brick model.  Both the architect and people from the city have said that they will be able to suggest concrete brick manufactures in town that we should talk with.  Additionally we need to start pricing plaques and engraving.  Originally we had planned on attaching the plaques with masonry screws, but after discussing it with the remodeling architects we have decided to use a Hilti adhesive epoxy to attach the plaques straight to the brick; easy, simple, cheap.

The remodeling of the animal shelter is set to start this December, which would mean that construction of the wall would occur sometime during next summer, most likely at the end.  Those of us here at 3foldstudio have budgeted time at either the end or beginning of winter break to complete the work necessary so that the wall can be constructed next summer.

3D printed model of a possible wall configuration