Semester in Sustainable Design/Build

Week 3 - 2021 Fall Semester Program

By Euj Osoria, Woodworking Coordinator
Plotting topo points
Week 3: Eileen and Owen Monday We started to explore topography looking at how terrain changes over distance and how that defines a space. Sean (the client) had removed dirt and built it up around the foundation to create a more level grade. Our main goal on Friday was to plot out this new built-up earth on a topographical map....

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Week 2 - 2021 Fall Semester Program

By Euj Osoria, Woodworking Coordinator
Robby and Jesse on site
Alice and Tessa Yestermorrow Design/Build Semester 3 September 2021 Week 2   Drawing Knawing Pawing, at our sense of the sight. Topography lines we must draw right.     To Vershire we head, this Friday last Looking at houses, a blast from the...

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Kicking Off the 2021 Fall Semester Program

By Euj Osoria, Woodworking Coordinator
Sean posing with our Site Analysis notes
A Note From The Editor (aka The Teaching Team) Welcome to the 2021 Fall Semester Program Blog! We’ve got 10 wonderful students in the program this year, and we couldn’t be more excited. We’ll be utilizing this blog as a means to document and share what we’re learning, what we’re doing, and how we’re doing it. Two different students...

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Semester in Sustainable Design - Progress Report

By Madi Visser, Semester Program Teaching Assistant
-Written by Shannon November 26th. Two weeks to go. Time is running low but with things moving so fast let’s take a look back at how we got here. After completing the floor in mid-October we’ve been moving quickly. The next step was raising the south wall, which we framed out of 2x6s and a strong header since it will be holding a...

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Semester in Sustainable Design/Build - Snowmen

By Madi Visser, Semester Program Teaching Assistant
Sustainable Snowmen
-Written by Jacob   We use only natural and salvaged materials in the making of our snowmen. They each reflect the natural climate they’re built in; contracting in warm weather and hardening under cool temperatures. Our sustainable snowmen leave no trace on the land, are 100% compostable, and indeed disappear entirely at Winter...

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