CHAD Skatepark Design Program

Franklin’s Paine has partnered with the Charter High School for Architecture and Design (CHAD) for a new kind of after school skateboarding club.  In this year’s program, a series of design sessions will be held during which students will work to design unique elements of a skatepark while keeping in mind the flow and layout of the space as a whole. The ultimate goal is to work with the appropriate City agencies to have the chosen space allocated for skateboarding and approved for construction based on the student’s completed design.  The program will also include four separate skate trips for the students - to FDR, Roslyn, Woodward, and Pops skateparks.  These trips will allow the students to skate, while surveying existing design elements. 

The students have been working hard on their design and have one design session remaining this school year.  They anticipate finishing the 3D model of their design by mid-June.  The students just took their last field trip of the year to Pop’s Skatepark on Saturday, May 29th and had a great session!