USA Shade: Learn How Shade Can Help Enhance Your Parks and Playgrounds
Date: Thursday, October 20th at 1 pm PST
Credits: 1 LA CES Credit
If your schedule allows and you want to learn more about Shade, please join us for a great presentation from our exclusive partners at USA Shade. We have seen across all industries and markets a desire for more shaded areas for park users to get a break from the Sun and other elements that we might not normally experience.
Course Description: Today more than ever, outdoor space in commercial applications has high value. In a world that is reimagining how we meet, eat, gather, and do business, placemaking in existing areas outside has opened the conversation about how that can happen with shade structures. Without protection overhead, outdoor space is often not used. This course discusses the value of shade structures and the variety of applications for this exciting form of architecture. The factors that makeup shade structures are discussed, including framing, fabric, connections, and foundations. The process of bringing a fabric structure from idea to implementation is thoroughly discussed, and case studies are inserted throughout to show these innovative structures in action, never to early to plan for that next project.