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( Bluefield)—It’s an academic competition whose “real world” relevance is compelling. A team of Bluefield State College architectural engineering technology students has entered the “Designing the Future of New Orleans” competition. The initiative, expected to attract more than 100 entrants, was developed to generate housing proposals for New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.”
The BSC students—Carrie Osborne, Jason Robertson, and Pete Christoff—have received guidance from BSC Architectural Engineering Technology graduates and industrial advisors Tony Colosi, Jason Patrick, and Josh Hamilton, along with BSC faculty members Gus Anderson, Don Bury, and Bruce Mutter in the development of a contemporary manufactured floating house for New Orleans. The BSC “entry studio” is sponsored by the Center for Applied Research and Technology.
“This competition provides an outstanding platform for the practical application of knowledge gained in the classroom,” Mutter noted. “Our students considered climate, geography, sustainability, and the culture of New Orleans in developing a house prototype.”
Sponsored by the publication, Architectural Record, in partnership with the Tulane University School of Architecture, the competition will create design options for much-needed housing in a post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans. The sponsoring entities hope the competition will generate a house prototype, variations of which can be replicated throughout the city. Winning designs will be published in Architectural Record and presented at the 2006 American Institute of Architects Convention and Expo. Selected submissions will also appear on McGraw-Hill Construction websites.
March 1, 2006
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