Mint Brolly Project

Program Information
Building Type: Transitional Shelter
Themes: Adaptive Re-use, Context - Urban, Education, Materials - Reused/Recycled, Non-Profit/ Community-based, Participatory Design, Self-Help/Volunteer Construction
Location: Auckland, , New Zealand
Some have done it with bicycles. Others have done it with books. Auckland is a city of four seasons in one day. We've sourced 100 unwanted umbrellas from around the city; then we minted them up for redistribution to the CBD as a gift - a public property. On the handle of each brolly is a lanyard conveying this message and the various quotes about homelessness.
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