November 2019

2019 Semester in Sustainable Design/Build - Goodbye Forever

By Madi Visser, Semester Program Teaching Assistant
  Written by Sawyer Cunningham -  We’ve worked ourselves into burnout on the building. With no potential of being able to finish the building we have struggled to find a satisfying finish line for the course. With this in mind we have all set out on our own individual or team efforts on smaller projects within the building. We’...

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2019 Semester in Sustainable Design/Build - YesterPods

By Madi Visser, Semester Program Teaching Assistant
Written by Emma Scott - I’m sure you’re wondering how we plan to house sixteen people comfortably in 1,200 square feet of space.  This week’s blogpost has all of the answers.  Whether you’ve had a summer camp experience or not, I can assure you that there’s a clear winner between the top bunk dweller and the bottom bunk dweller...

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2019 Semester in Sustainable Design/Build - Final Weeks

By Madi Visser, Semester Program Teaching Assistant
Written by Lily Hammerling - Winter came this week, and we were not ready. Even though we finished the interior walls in the dorm last week, we only just started putting TJIs up. We started using the safety harnesses as we learned how slippery the scaffolding can get when snow turns to ice and the metal rungs and platforms became...

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2019 Semester in Sustainable Design/Build - Tiny House

By Madi Visser, Semester Program Teaching Assistant
Hey all!   Chris here again, this time under the weekly duty and temporary title of “job captain” along with Hadley. But I suppose I should catch you up on last week, first.  The Tiny House Fest  was a widely anticipated and successful event, despite the 40mph wind and 35 degree rain. The exhibition...

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2019 Semester in Sustainable Design/Build - Six Weeks of Buidling

By Madi Visser, Semester Program Teaching Assistant
Written by Hadley Gibson - This week marks six weeks since we began building! Six weeks since we framed our first two walls down by the hangar, that is; it’s only been about five weeks since the helical piers went in, so we’ve only physically been on the job site for a little over a month.   In that time, we’ve: 1....

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