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The goal of the studio is to pro vide students with experience in taking a projet t front design through tnripletion And the sto dents are loving their time out side ' This is a completely new experience -.aid Mark Serhus, also a filth year an.hltt* tun- stu dent "In a design-build, you can deal with the problems as they i ante up because you are both the designer and the contractor And there is a definite design build movement in the field right now Kristina Koltavarv, a second year graduate student, said “it s fun to see the design materialize it s a great learning experience — to apply what I've fawn doing on pa|mr f hav e some previous con struction expenem «. but the tarn hers are encouraging us to do stuff vse haven't done before, which is great!" The design-build progs < gives students a more marketable set of skills, said Will St urges, co teacher and licensed architect for the class “The progs t is giving the slu dents some familiarity with tools, so it won't h« this big mystery when they go to a construction site in the future." St urges said “And the students are gaining confidence working wit It the methods and materials of con struction "The purpose of the project is to improve pedestrian safety across the miltrnce, and to improve the env ironmental con dition of the millrai said Stan lottos, landst architecture pro fessor and oh«h Iter of the ( lass 'My goal is to have the students see a connection between the things they design and what gets built," Which w ill make tin- students think about design in a much more Holistic way." he said. “It has opened their eves to the lessons of const ruction" The pro jet t was offered to the design-hutid class by the Uni versity Physical Plant, the pub lic works department for the campus, when the plant discov ered that the existing bridge was unsafe for pedestrians So. the plant decided to build another bridge for people only, and to rebuild the nearby stream bank Ixs ause the high amount of duck feeding along the millrai e had Using a trowel, Jake Freautt smooths the corners on a new sidewalk that will connect the bridge to the existing walkways and crosswalk caused erosion “This project is a microcosm of all tin- real vs ork and problems of a 'real' coastru< tion site." said George Hecht, director of the Physical Plant. “The students are professionals, and they are work ing like demons making the pro as t come to life When the bridge is done, i! will become a keynote area on campus." The students also believe that the bridge they are creating will be a monument to Eugene. "We re getting to build some thing for the school and the com munity said Trich Male, a third-year architecture student Hei lit said the University saved from $50,(Kill to $100,000 using the students as ti work fori a* instead of hiring an outside team of designers, contractors and lalnirers "The University made the most of their resources." co-teacher St urges said. Spring term 1995, St urges taught a seminar with 50 stu dents. where the footbridge was designed. Students in the summer class, taught by Jones and St urges, have maintained a rigorous schedule, developing tint remaining designs lor the project in a little over a week. On the first day of summer se~, sum. the students were divided into 10 groups of three and were told to brainstorm ideas for the area On the second and third days, the groups presented their plans to their jieers < hi the fourth day. the students took the 10 designs and < ante up with a con sensus design, using the best ideas from each of the 10 plans Midway through the second week, the students began doing site work, excavation and layout. Since the s*s ond week, the stu dents have excavated trenches, built tresses (or the bridge, poured concrete and built reed rolls, whic h are the foundation of a new stream fsink Alsu, access at the site will be improved through the construc tion of retaining wails and pudes trian pathways which will be enhanced bv Oregon-native plants. The target completion dale is Aug. 4, if the weather permits, and the students are on schedule
