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Site: Clam Isle, (back channel) Mississippi River, Baton Rouge The cottage is a kit of parts where all building materials can be found from an ordinary lumber store. Designed in six repetitive sections (three on each side) –each will be built prior to being barged across the Mississippi to be erected on piles. The form of the cottage is a simple A-frame with flanking cross walks on both the upper and lower levels. The sound structural integrity of the form will allow a third of the building to act as lift for a personal watercraft; a must for the constant water level changes in the river. The tectonics of the building are expressed due to the need to provide north and south ventilation during the hot and humid months. A facade made of many louvers will screen the sun but still allow occupants inside the cottage to be connected to the outdoors. Professor Andrew Cruse, Integrated Building Systems, May 2010