Eco - Village: A Sustainable Housing Student Design Competition in the City of Detroit
This studio was predicated on the EcoVillage Student Design Competition being sponsored by the City of Detroit, the W.A.R.M. Training Center, and the three accredited schools of architecture in Southeastern Michigan. As was elaborated in the competition brief, the central project focused on the architectural and urban design of an environmentally sustainable housing community to be located in the Woodbridge neighborhood of Detroit. The pedagogical intent of this studio was threefold:
1. To explore ecologically responsible design on both the architectural and urban scales. 2. To incorporate sustainable practices and techniques within the architectural design process, while controlling their influence, if any, on the overall architectonic expression of the buildings. 3. To gain insight and experience in the participation of design competitions. These were achieved through various individual and group investigations utilizing multiple design skills including: collage, hand and computer drawing, physical and computer modeling, video, writing, and graphic design.
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