We believe all students have the capacity to engage a rigorous education that prepares them to design a world where we are all free.
Analyze the complex real-world challenge of providing sustainable, affordable housing to a growing population where space is limited. Students research how entities have attempted to solve before and collaborate to design a build and design a sustainable, affordable home to address this challenge. Students present their designs to a community-based stakeholder.
Students research the benefits and analyze the importance of providing spaces that simultaneously serve the needs of both the environment and the community. This experience culminates in the design of a multi-functional sustainable green space for students' community.
(2022 Summer - in development) The inequitable access to food, also known as food apartheid, in low-income communities and communities of color can be explained by the man-made systems that define what and how food is distributed. Students research hydroponic and aquaponic systems as one potential solution to feeding communities who lack easy access to affordable fresh produce. This experience culminates in the design of one of these gardens for a community-based stakeholder.