Story Stitchers is pleased to share news that Somewhere Studio’s design for the bus shelter that is part of “The Shelter Project” in St. Louis, has won an Architect’s Newspaper 2021 Best of Design Award in the Social Impact category! Congratulations!!!
Read The Architect’s Newspaper announcement and see other awardees here: https://www.archpaper.com/2021/12/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2021-an-best-of-design-awards/
See Somewhere Studio’s webpage: https://somewherestudio.com/The-Shelter-Project
This bus shelter was designed by Somewhere Studio for the Wells Goodfellow neighborhood in St. Louis with an amazing team of collaborators:
Client: Wellston Loop Community Development Corporation, located at 1514 Hodiamont at the corner of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Blvd.
Community Collaborators: Saint Louis Story Stitchers Artists Collective, Cure Violence, Metro St. Louis, and the Wells-Goodfellow Neighborhood Association
Mural Artists: Katherine Bernhardt and Saint Louis Story Stitchers Artists Collective
Contractor: Alberici Constructors
Engineering: Goser Structural
Learn more about The Shelter Project here: https://storystitchers.org/wellston-loop-bus-stop-shelter-project/
To help support the project please send small containers of new toiletries or new bottles of cleaning supplies for the bus shelter community pantry to the Wellston Loop Community Development Corporation, 1514 Hodiamont, St. Louis, MO 63112.
Thank you!