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Paula Garza Gonzalez and Owen Eddy

Jason Alves - Client

Paula Garza Gonzalez and Owen Eddy

Executive Director of East Cambridge Business Association

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-alves-71925618

https://eastcambridgeba.com/about-us-2

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Owen Eddy and Owen Eddy

Hungry Golf

By: Victoria & Owen

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Hungry Golf is a modular mini golf course that takes players through some of Inman's most popular restaurants and their dishes, demonstrating Inman's diverse and delicious cuisine.

The holes are specifically designed to get people to appreciate the diversity in their community, and the modular design of the course allows it to be transported with relative ease, ensuring everyone gets a special experience. 

inman

Victoria Haggins - Wright and Owen Eddy

Mini-Golf Precedent: Lucid Dreaming Mini-Golf

Heide Solbrig and Owen Eddy

Inman Restaurants

Paula Garza Gonzalez and Owen Eddy

Cambridge dining bloomed due to its ethnic diversity and adventurous eaters. A kind of multicultural row, Cambridge Street from Lechmere to Inman blossomed in Casa Portugal (since ’76), Midwest Grill, Olé, The Druid Pub, and 1369 Coffeehouse.

https://historycambridge.org/history-hubs/culinary-history-hub/

Legal Sea Foods got its start here when it opened as a fish market in 1950.  Inman Square really became a dining destination spot in the mid-1980s when East Coast Grill opened, followed by more and more restaurants.

  • S & S Restaurant
  • 1369 Coffeehouse
  • Rosie’s Bakery
  • East Coast Grill
  • All Star Sandwich Bar
  • Ole Mexican Grille
  • Oleana
  • Christina’s Ice Cream
  • Bukowski’s Tavern
  • The Druid
  • Ryle’s Jazz Club

https://centersandsquares.com/inman-square/

Next Steps & Feedback

Victoria Haggins - Wright and Owen Eddy

Next Steps

5 Restaurants (5 holes)ResearchSettle
Design their representationResearch Sketching
Make it modularLook up modular designsPrototypes


Feedback:

1. Maybe only be open on the days the bank is closed.

2. Play value, how to have more people come in.

3. How do you weave in cultural aspects of Inman into the course?

4. History, what do you want to capture?

5. Who maintains it?

6. How do you prevent the course from getting stolen.

SMART

Victoria Haggins - Wright and Owen Eddy

1.  Talking through the Idea worked it help to make sure we were all on the same page. Prototyping didn't work because we didn't really know our idea.

2. 

a. Try to combine feedback into our project.

b. Looking back at the feedback that I got and seeing how that plays into my project. 

Indigenous History of New England

Heide Solbrig and Owen Eddy

Email from Jason Alves

Paula Garza Gonzalez and Owen Eddy
For a few years I have been trying to envision a way to activate Inman Square on a somewhat regular basis by introducing a Mini Golf Night in the East Cambridge Saving Bank Parking Lot at 1310 Cambridge Street.

I envision a 9 hole course that can be easily stored and set up on site.
I would also like them to be easy to bring to other locations if this becomes a popular activity. ( we would obviously need to move them by truck, but the easier they are eto move in general will be helpful)

We dont have a lot of storage space for these so figuring out how and where to store them is an issue because the physical space they will take up is a general question.

To take the idea further, I envision adding traditional style obstacles to the course over time. I think it would be fun to have mini golf obstacle that reflect things around the community. This presents its own set of storage questions and needs.

The platforms and fun shapes of individual holes is the first step.
I think they need to be durable in case someone where to stand on them and also accessibility is something we should keep in mind. Should be weather resistant to some extent also.

I had originally envisioned platforms, so the hold will drop in, but in one of the examples below it looks like the cup is raised. I dont necessarily love the idea of every cup being over a hump, but perhaps there is something to think about there.

The course should also be easy to set up in 45 minutes or less by 1 or 2 people.

So I think the first goal is to envision a design for the course and how we may store it in the most efficient way.

I love that this project is being considered and I'm happy to talk about it more.


Precedents he sent:

This is the gold standard of what i envision
http://www.theminigolfparty.com/

This one seems in line with the vision also

This is one that sits on the ground. Not what i had originally envisioned, but perhaps it can be incorporated