Rebuilding the Margaretville Pavilion

Background
In December 2006, the Village of Margaretville was chosen over a dozen nonprofits and municipalities to participate in the prestigious “DesignWorkshop” with Parsons The New School for Design.

As a result, in 2007 Parsons designed and built the new Margaretville Village Pavilion.

In 2006, DeLisle, Mississippi – a town badly damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 – was the recipient. The project the students and faculty designed there (photos on this page), called “InfoWash,” resulted in an information center and laundromat for the community, and generated national press, including coverage in architecture magazines and the New York Times which called the building “a jewel.”

The “DesignWorkshop” spent the spring semester designing the new Pavilion, and moved to Margaretville to build it in the summer.

You can see more about “InfoWash” and Parsons’ “Design Workshop” program at www.parsonsdesignworkshop.org

Click here to see a the Design Workshop’s movie about rebuilding the Margaretville Pavilion

Images from the Design Phase
Click here to download the latest Pavilion presentation (PDF 3.3MB)
Click here to see earlier models

Images from the Construction Phase
Click here to images from the construction phase

Images of the Completed Pavilion
Click here to see images of the completed pavilion

What will it cost?
This will cost taxpayers nothing! Parsons is donating design fees and labor. And CICS is raising the rest, for materials, insurance, electrical, contracting, and other expenses such as landscaping. Our cost is $200,000, a small sum for a structure of such significance.

To reach this goal, in addition to “The Grand Club,” we are seeking in-kind contributions, government and nonprofit grants, corporate donations, and other community-wide initiatives.