Twelve teens build new YMCA
July 3rd, 2009
A team of twelve teenagers was put in charge of designing a new $5.2m Berkeley-Albany YMCA teen center which will begin construction this fall on the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Center Street in downtown Berkeley.
YMCA CEO Fran Gallati admits the experience has not been pain free, but “it’s been a good experiential process for these kids and we’ve had a lot of good adults guiding them”.
Read the full story in the Berkeley Voice.
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As an Architect and a PM, I think allowing kids to run the “entire process” – including qualifying GCs and reviewing bids – is a bit insane. Design input is one thing – knowing the ins and outs of construction and being qualified to review it is entirely another.