Posted on 1/24/2016
Only three materials—rammed earth, steel, and cedar—comprise this small trailhead structure in eastern Kansas.Designed and built by students in the University of Kansas School of Architecture, Design and Planning's Dirt Works Studio, the project is indicative of an increasingly popular pedagogy that stresses learning by making, impacting students in their careers after graduationAssistant Professor Chad Kraus answered some questions about the first project for the design-build studio
What were the circumstances of receiving the commission for this project?
The Dirt Works Studio – a materials and tectonics studio for third year students in the Department of Architecture – was inaugurated during the summer of 2011. The Kansas Biological Survey, our first client, had worked with the Department on two previous projects at their Field Station.
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