News Release
Architecture design competition to announce winners, April 26
The winning team of the Eco-Village Student Design Competition will be named at an exhibition and reception on Saturday, April 26, 5-7 p.m., at the Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, 5141 Rosa Parks Blvd., Detroit.
The competition is intended to promote green design in Detroit and to make architecture students more aware of green design principles and standards. Three monetary prizes will be awarded by a jury panel of judges comprised of Jacob Corvidae from WARM Training Center; Mike Corby, AIA from Grand Rapids; Mark Nickita, AIA from Detroit; Lori Singleton, ASLA from Detroit; and chair Teddy Cruz, AIA from San Diego, CA.
The three accredited schools of architecture in southeastern Michigan "the University of Michigan College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Lawrence Technological University College of Architecture and Design, and the University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture" sponsored the student design competition to design an eco-village on a five-acre site in Detroit's Woodbridge Neighborhood. UDM"s Master of Community Development Program, WARM Training Center, the Woodbridge Community Development Corporation and the City of Detroit also helped sponsor the competition. Approximately 12-15 student teams submitted competition entries.
The design of an eco-village puts the focus on environmentally friendly, affordable housing. The competition criteria require the design to encompass a mixed income community with a minimum of 30 percent affordable housing; no physical design should differentiate between the affordable and market rate housing. Residents would include a mix of empty nesters, single parents, families, and young urban professionals. Design concepts also needed to include space-saving alternative living styles.
According to UDM School of Architecture Dean Stephen Vogel, "The village is intended to be economically, socially and ecologically sustainable. And finally, the village should be inspirational in order to encourage others to become part of the experiment."
Release date: April 15, 2008
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