Page 5 - 2011 SDCA Project

Chapter 1: From Celebration to Service

In its second year as a collaborative effort, the Red and Green Scene (RAGS) Holiday 1-1
Party 2010 was a wonderful success, with over 750 participants from eight organizations,
including members of AIA Atlanta, ASHRAE, ASLA Georgia, ASPE, CSI, GSEA, IIDA Georgia,
and USGBC Georgia. The evening celebrated the gathering of Atlanta’s sustainable
and design community and gathered funds for scholarships for emerging design Table of Contents
professionals within each of the sponsoring organizations.

The celebration may be over, but the service has just begun. This year, a sub-committee
of RAGS was created to bring the eight participating organizations together again, but
this time to give back to the community in a collaborative manner. The Committee
elected to work on a project for the good of the citizens of Atlanta. The City of Atlanta
responded positively and thus the first RAGS Charette was conceived.

Held on Saturday, January 29, 2011, the RAGS Charette brought together over 25
professionals and students who collaborated for 8 hours on a design effort for the
good of the community of Adams Park in Southwest Atlanta. City Officials were also in
attendance and were excited to watch the teams work independently, and as a group,
in an effort to assist the city in generating a solution for Adams Park, while providing
sustainable ideas that can be used for all the parks of the City of Atlanta.

Volunteers check-in guests as they arrive at the party.

Four of the 750 participants from Atlanta’s design professions. Red & Green Scene 2010.

Adams Park Conceptual Sustainability Study
Plans are conceptual and subject to change