Transportation is one of those logistic components that often gets thought of at the last minute. Fortunately the teams from Ryerson University's Department of Architectural Science were able to get the experience from past executions of the Night Market to get the works out of the shop and safely transported to the site (take note of the blankets!). When the teams brought all the carts to site the last minute checks on lighting and setup were done in preparation for the big event.

The Return of the Cart

After 48 hours in the Honest Ed's parking lot, the [R]ed[U]x Lab team's cart came back to the Department of Architectural Science.  Naveed and Frank ensured that it got back safely and in a seemingly suitable coincidence, another graduate [R]ed[U]x Lab team member, Jordan, came back to help bring the cart back into the ARC building.

The Transport and Deployment of the Night Market Cart 2013

This morning the tireless [R]ed[U]x Lab team shipped out their cart design to the Honest Ed's parking lot site.  The team had enough foresight this year to make the cart such that it would be deployable by breaking it into two pieces (the top canopy and the bottom counter component) for easy shipping in the moving truck and simple assembly at the site.

Nestled among other cart designs, the [R]ed[U]x Lab cart will be facing the East such that its illumination will be emphasized as the shadow of the surrounding buildings serves as a backdrop.  The team also had to insert the serving modules for the evening in the cart and as you can see, they did it with ample time to spare... so much that they could go for a coffee break...

Let's just hope that the lighting effects will pan out as the initial design proposal had anticipated!

Loading the Cart for the Big Night

In order to secure the carts before the big Stop Night Market event, the organizers had to collect all the carts via truck and consolidate them in the evening at the Stop facility at the Wychwood Barns.  Along with our colleagues' carts from Interior Design, the [R]ed[U]x Lab team's cart was carefully packed away in the rental truck. At the end of the day, a good time was had by all... a little bit of sweat and effort is worth the benefits that tomorrow's Stop Night Market will reap.