Thursday, November 13, 2014

The Birth of the Botcave

Joe Martin  15'

Before
This is the space our team was given last year for storage and small projects. As you can see, it is not a place that you can perform a full build season, working from 3:30 to 7:00 every night. We were very fortunate to have been given this spot but we knew it could be utilized for so much more if we could clean it up and make a few renovations. Thankfully, Mr. Joe D'Ascenzo volunteered to help up fix up the space.


After
A few work benches, some paint, and electric work later the space is almost unrecognizable! The space was transformed from a largely underutilized basement to one of the most functional spaces on campus to pursue this year's school theme: creation. The next step was for us to move in our tools, materials and robot.


 As you can see now, the spot is filled almost to the max. And it is still missing the biggest part, our 18 members. The spot is now very lived in and occupied the concern still remains as whether or not we could hold a full scale build season in here. Adjacent to this room is another space that looks very similar to our before picture. Our goal is to raise the funds needed to fix up that space so that we can, without a doubt, hold a full build season in our new space.