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Treasure Island Sailing Center Changing Rooms

Posted in Design Projects, tagged arch, curved gluelam beams, process, small buildings, Treasure Island, value, volunteer, whimsy, woven on March 15, 2026| Leave a Comment »

This project was completed in 2007 as a volunteer project for TISC, a community boating program on Treasure island.

They needed a place for the students to change into sailing clothing and the budget was tight.

They had these old concrete block walls and asked if I could turn them into changing rooms.

This was the concept model – 3 arches made from two redwood 2x4s glued and screwed together, crossbeams and woven sailcloth to make a roof.

Model with shade structure made from recycled sails

a little whimsical detail and I think the darker wood was salvaged from a fence at my house.

The end product allowed wheelchairs to access the roms and PVC pipe instead of wood rafters….probably to save money.

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