WELCOME


WELCOME
to the LSU Minden Main Street Workshop. Students and faculty from the LSU School of Architecture will be working and living in Minden for two weeks to provide assistance to Minden Louisiana Main Street in their efforts to cultivate a resilient community. This program is funded in part through a grant awarded to the LSU Office of Community Design and Development from the National Endowment for the Arts. The Minden Main Street Workshop is the first in a series of workshops to connect environmentally responsible design practices with historic preservation strategies to accelerate sustainable development in Louisiana's small towns and cities. For more information, please contact the Office of Community Design and Development.


Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Lake Bistineau





Imperial Hotel





Team Imperial Hotel Day 9



Today was our last full work day in Minden. We began the day with a lesson from Frank on how to technically represent stairs and doors in plan as well as their regulation standards. We printed out our most recent plans and sections for our final client meeting today. Then Frank and Marsha took us all out for a home-cooked meal at Moody's! We all had a great time and a delicious dinner. Our client was very excited about our designs and gave us a few more things to think about before we stop designing. We are very happy with our progress on the Imperial Hotel. Professor Ray Scriber is here to give a presentation about the program that made all of this happen, the Main Street Program. We are all very excited to start our Christmas break after a half-day tomorrow!

Pictured above is Annette's horse, Comet! Merry Christmas!!!

Final Full Day: Team Crichton

Blog: 12/21


Today we had a very productive day. We are almost finished with the floor plans of the design. Laina and Josh were looking at modern interpretations of balconies to add to the courtyard elevation. Unfortunately after our client meeting, we were informed that many of our original elevation plans were not feasible for the rehabilitation tax credit. On the bright side, our client is very pleased with the work that we have done and is excited to see the final presentation.


Meet Team Members: Stephanie Parker & Michael Trahan



Stephanie, also know as Stephania, is a 3rd year LSU Architecture student. She enjoys camping, long walks on the beach as the sunset fades away into the ocean, and scrap booking.



Michael is also a 3rd year architecture student at LSU, but originally from New Orleans, Louisiana. He enjoys hanging out and putting excessive amounts of mayonnaise on almost all food, except cookies.

Sunday off in Shreveport

Since we got Sunday Funday off from school, we decided to head down to Shreveport and see what was happening over there....



Laina Andermann, Michael Trahan, Stephania Parker, and Stephanie Wong pose inside a small photo booth at The Boardwalk in downtown Shreveport.


After exploring The Boardwalk for a few house we headed Youree Lane, which is another popular area in Shreveport. There Michael and the 2 Stephanie's attempted to eat a 1lb. burger at Chee Burger Chee Burger. If you eat the entire thing you get your picture on the wall!



Michael and Stephania Parker prepare to eat there 1 lb. burgers.



Stephanie Wong gets ready to eat her burger.



Michael is well on his way to finishing his burger without a problem.



Happy plates (except for Laina's salad) are seen as all 3 students finish their burgers.



Victorious faces as the 3 students pose with the Chee Burger Chee Burger mascot, a stuffed hamburger.


Day 9: Morning Meeting, Holiday Lunch, Client Meetings

... the calm before the storm ...
Moody's Cafe - the very best food in Minden!
.... table no. 1 ....


... table no. 2 ...



Meanwhile....

The 4th years had a plan of their own...