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Architecture: students can still
sign up for design-build class
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While the shed has already been
designed and construction has start
ed, students can still participate in its
completion. Duff is offering a num
ber of design-build apprenticeship
workshops this term to architecture
students and, for the first time, to
non-majors as well.
Duff said he started the project not
only to develop students’ design
judgment, but also give them practi
cal experience in construction. Such
an approach goes beyond what archi
tecture students usually do for their
final projects, which is to just design
and create models of buildings.
“You design imaginary buildings,”
Duff said. “That’s a very powerful
way to learn, but its still imaginary.”
Design-build classes like Duff’s give
students the chance to turn the imagi
nary into a tangible structure. Students
work on the project as Duff’s appren
tices, closely collaborating with him on
all aspects of the construction.
“I try to get them inside my head,”
he said. “I open the whole process to
them.”
The craft of design and construc
tion is intensive. At the design stage,
the team had to draw plans that
would meet all required building
standards to get a building license
from the city. Now with construction
underway, the team has to meticu
lously cut and prepare the wooden
pieces for the walls and the roof,
which will then be fitted together.
Before the actual construction, the
team fashioned an ornamental model
of one of the walls from cardboard.
They also molded more than 30 plas
tic models of the column bases, refin
ing them until they found a satisfac
tory sample, Duff said. He added that
this was one of the most challenging
parts of the process.
“The sequence of construction is
very critical,” Duff said.
Apart from the daily challenges of
shaping all the pieces right and haul
ing about heavy bits of timber, the
crew also has to deal with fluctuating
weather conditions. Duff said they
usually try to get everything done be
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cover the finished sections with plas
tic to keep out the moisture.
Although the project started about
four years ago, it was stopped due to
an 80 percent cut in funding, Duff said.
With help from some of the heads of
the School of Architecture and Allied
Arts, Duff was able to secure more
funding and resumed the project last
spring. He said the University con
tributed $50,000, and he has also man
aged to raise about $30,000 from dif
ferent donors. He estimates that in the
real world such a project, including de
sign, construction and labor costs,
would cost about a $1 million .
Several students have already
worked on the project. This summer
alone Duff said he had a crew of
more than 30 students.
Third-year graduate student Mark
Couet, who has been building things
since high school, started working on
the project at the end of summer va
cation. He said he joined the class not
only because of his interest in build
ing, but also because he loves the de
sign and the work that has been put
into the shed so far.
“It’s an unbelievable project,” said
Couet as he prepared to make some
adjustments to a piece of wood with
a power plane. “It’s ambitious, and
it’s beautiful too.”
Couet is currently helping to finish
one of the walls with the help of
sophomore Eric Myers, who just
started working on the project.
“I like being able to see the process
it takes and how the materials fit to
gether,” Myers said as he applied a
protective coating to another piece of
Myers, who hopes to get into the
architecture program, added that it is
important to get practical experience.
“I also like to get my hands dirty
and keeping them strong, and being
outside,” he said. “No need to be sit
ting behind a desk.”
Students can still register for the
workshops and earn two to six credits,
depending on their time commitment.
Workshop are scheduled for Hiesday,
Thursday and weekends. According to
the course description, students will
get a chance to finish assembling the
main frame and put it in place, work
on framing for the roof, as well as
groundwork, which includes a Japan
ese-style water drainage system under
the eaves, paths and paving.
Duff said there is a long tradition of
design-build classes on campus: The
first class was offered in 1922 and
students have since constructed a
number of structures both on and off
campus.
Duff said his own love for building,
as well as the fulfillment of watching
students learn new things about de
sign gives him the motivation to un
dertake such projects.
“1 am nourished by making beau
tiful things,” Duff said.
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