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Students receive state sustainable design award |
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Tuesday, 15 April 2008 |
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by ERICA DURHAM
Intern News Reporter
Student projects for the N.C. Sustainable Design Competition lined the classrooms of Katherine Harper Hall Thursday.
Students in the Residential Architecture classes designed buildings that are not only practical but sustainable.
“This originated probably eight years ago when a gentleman came to the university to promote sustainability. Students designed in addition to a house, a sustainable house. They took on the challenge to come up with innovative ideas,” instructor of technology Don G. Woodruff said. “Six years ago it expanded to all schools of building science in the state.”
 A view of the winning model design, “The Oasis,” by team “Something Appalachian” at Appalachian State University. Photo by Derek DeSha
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Two projects are chosen from each school to participate in the finals at North Carolina State University.
“Three judges came in at 9:30 this morning and poured through drawings, sketches, models, and the
good, the bad, the ugly and the sustainability. They looked for number one, the best design and
number two, the best to represent us at N.C. State,” Woodruff said.
The two winning groups were “Square one” and “Oasis.”
Building science majors Scott Hopkins, Clay M. Dowdy, Aaron T. Parker,
and Jimmy L. Williams created “Oasis,” the first place winner.
Second place winners with “Square One” were building science majors John E. Davidson, Staley M.
Brown, Ryan S. Hunter, David A. Orsillo, and Brandon L. Walsh.
“‘Oasis’ started out as an idea. [It] is a retirement community. We wanted a place for people to go
when they retire that was sustainable. We want to get it built eventually,” Clay said.
Participants were known to be in Katherine Harper Hall from 8 a.m. to 2 or 3 in the morning the few
days before the judging.
 Clay T. Pratt (l), Aaron T. Parker, A. Scott Hopkins, and Jimmy L. Williams of team “Something Appalachian” stand next to their winning model “The Oasis.” Photo by Derek DeSha
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“Students put into the class way beyond the three hour class that it is. For the last two to three weeks,
students have been in here constantly. They always astound me with what they produce,” Woodruff
said.
This competition is a direct application to what they study in building science and design.
“They study houses and design houses. It is a way to apply [what they learn] to an actual project. They
really like to do it. It is a lot of work but they push through it,” assistant professor of technology Chad
Everhart said.
The projects included floor plans, models, landscapes, and sustainability designs.
“They study how to organize a design, study how people relate to the inside of the building, light colors,
patterns and how it applies to a design. They use the computer software that they will be confronted
with combining years of study and apply it on a professional level,” Woodruff said.
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