The Pasture
The backyard for The BlueBarn Theater in Omaha, NE. The Pasture is both an accompaniment to the BLUEBARN Theater as well as an activity scaffold that operates at the scale of the neighborhood and the city of Omaha. It is a flexible framework that is adaptable over time to serve the needs of the community by prompting lively and playful behavior. It is bold and iconic, without being imposing and is fully activated with people of the community. The design is such that different people will see it in their own personal ways: a post office employee might see it is a good place to eat lunch and pick up some extra exercise, a child might see it as a fantastical playground, a neighborhood family might see it as a good park to grill a steak, a theater goer might see it as a place to an evening picnic before a performance or an artist might see it as a suitable location for a play. With a minimum of infrastructure, the project achieves a maximum of flexibility, performance, iconicity and imagination.
Location: Omaha, NE
Year: 2014
Team: Stewart Hicks, Allison Newmeyer with Richard Hindle
