CAAD students at 桃花直播 compete to design Golden Triangle resource center for local nonprofit
Contact: Christie McNeal
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擜 design and construction project for a local nonprofit organization has allowed 桃花直播 State鈥檚 College of Architecture, Art and Design students to develop collaborative skills and tackle real-world challenges this semester in the Golden Triangle.
Thirteen teams comprised of students from CAAD majors鈥攁rchitecture, art, building construction science and interior design鈥攃ompeted for a cash prize in the annual Brasfield & Gorrie Student Design Competition. First launched in 2011, the competition is sponsored by one of the nation鈥檚 largest privately held construction firms based in Birmingham, Alabama. Brasfield & Gorrie also has an office in Jackson, which opened in 2015. The competition simulates real-world design processes with a goal of helping students overcome preconceived ideas of the roles traditionally assumed by the various disciplines in the college.聽
This year鈥檚 competition tasked students with developing a comprehensive design, construction and branding plan for a housing resource center serving Starkville Strong, a nonprofit that provides essential support to residents in need. The center, named The Stronghold, is to be housed in an existing building and must include an office with a meeting room, a food pantry, overnight shelter accommodations, staff parking and outdoor space for clients.
Students had to incorporate solutions to current issues impacting the design and construction industry; consider environmental impacts; and align with the client鈥檚 interests of security, dignity, comfort and community.
Graphic design senior Kaylee Gould said her biggest takeaway with this collaborative project has revolved around communication.
鈥淚t鈥檚 been cool to see our different majors work together,鈥 she said, adding that her team learned the need to explain their work to each other because they all have different backgrounds.
Gould said she helped her team learn the importance of cohesiveness in branding, and she learned about the weight of symbols and icons in signage.
鈥淣ot everyone can read, and not everyone can see,鈥 she said. 鈥淚 hadn鈥檛 considered that before relating to wayfinding. We are learning a lot from each other we can use in future work.鈥
Final projects were presented to representatives from Brasfield & Gorrie and Starkville Strong. 桃花直播 faculty overseeing the competition included Lecturer in Architecture Ryan Ashford, Associate Professor of Architecture Alexis Gregory, Associate Professor of Interior Design Lyndsey Miller, Associate Professor of Art Suzanne Powney and Visiting Assistant Professor of Building Construction Science Roberto Soares.
Honorees, by hometown, included:
FIRST PLACE 鈥 Team 11
BYHALIA鈥擜shley Howard, interior design
CHESAPEAKE, Virginia鈥擲helby Dehard, architecture
CLINTON鈥擬allory Morris, interior design
MADISON鈥擳homas Smith, building construction science
MADISON, Alabama鈥擮lyvia English, architecture
MILLINGTON, Tennessee鈥擟ole Stevens, building construction science
STARKVILLE鈥擩ames Porter, architecture
TOBYHANNA, Pennsylvania鈥擜bigail Crocker, architecture
WOODBRIDGE, Virginia鈥擫aine Hodanich, architecture
HONORABLE MENTION 鈥 Team 13
BRANDON鈥擟harles Whittington, building construction science
BRENTWOOD, Tennessee鈥擫uke Watson, building construction science
CANTON, Georgia鈥擥racielle Weil, architecture
FAIRVIEW, Tennessee鈥擪eeley Kravanek, interior design
HATTIESBURG鈥擠ylan Irby, architecture
MONROE, Georgia鈥擪atherine Krawczyk, interior design
STARKVILLE鈥擡lla Elliott, architecture; and Falon Laird, architecture
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