Record #:

6723

Author(s):

Ruth, Dennis K.

Abstract:

Ruth discusses the Auburn University Rural Studio Program in the university's School of Architecture. The program seeks to help poverty-stricken Alabama rural communities improve their living conditions. Each semester, fifteen to twenty AU architecture students complete a residency in a poverty region and help families design and construct houses. The goal of the semester program is \"to refine the student's social conscience and to learn first-hand the necessary social, cultural and technological concepts of designing and building.\" Examples of student housing projects are presented.

Source:

Carolina Planning (NoCar HT 393 N8 C29x), Vol. 26 Issue 2, Summer 2001, p5-10, il

Subject(s):

Housing, Rural--Alabama