LA Tech-Habitat Home
Building for a client with specific desires can be difficult, but designing for one with few programming preferences can often be harder. Such was the case for a team of nine fifth-year students at Louisiana Tech University who teamed up with Habitat for Humanity to create a modern home in the traditional town of Ruston, Louisiana.
The clients had two requirements: a porch in the back yard and a bedroom in the rear of the home. The rest was up to the students. The result was a LEED silver, 1,152-square-foot home built on a minimal budget with the help of local volunteers who donated their time and supplies to the team.
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Good for you all. This looks promising. Louisiana needs innovation like this! I hope for you all that you keep an open mind and keep renewing even if it is hard to turn around old habits from (future) customers. And please stay in Louisiana because we need you!
Great design work. So nice to see students producing at this level !!
Representing the US Green Building Council as the LEED for Homes Provider on the project, I can personally say the students worked very hard to build a beautiful, healthy, and energy efficient home. Congratulations!
I was impressed by the modern LEED style home. We had some architecture students from Univ. of Kansas build one here in KCKS. But it's too expensive for the neighborhood its in. I think recycling materials into new architecture is a great idea. Also the stuff being done in Greensburg, Kansas is very interesting. Check it out. Go Louisiana Tech! Change the world!
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