Here, Mike Wolf tells us what he’s up to.

We decided to take apart palettes which we’ve found discarded around Columbus to retro-fit into flooring for A/AA. Here Sam sands down the post-cut palette wood.

Here’s Zefrey drilling in some self-tapping screws to secure the sub-floor onto the frame of A/AA ed.1 in Columbus.

And the work continues around A/AA.

An article in the Sept. 3rd edition of the NY Times told of Dan Phillips’ work using salvaged materials to create low-cost homes on donated land in, and around, Huntsville, Texas. Apart from a great idea, his craftsmanship is inventive and utterly beautiful.

I’ve been considering the possibility of our upcoming first iteration of A/AA being inflatable. The more I think about it the more excited I become. The idea of being able to quickly assemble fabric and an air blower to blow up said fabric and constitute an ad-hoc classroom out of, well, thin air is a pleasing thought.

I found this photo when I searched for the phrase “inflatable classroom.” It lead me to this text:

Major acquired an inflatable classroom called Aunty Honu Nani, a giant turtle sewn from colorful parachute material that stays inflated with pumped air while children are inside learning. He bid on Aunty Honu Nani at the silent auction when at the Taste of Hawaii, (an excellent annual food event the first weekend of every June; worth planning a trip around.)