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.


Saturday, December 18, 2010

School on a Saturday?


One would think that an architecture student would be used to working weekends, but this is a double whammy. We're supposed to be on Christmas break, AND it's a Saturday! We decided to come to school/studio/work at the normal time today (8:30am), hoping to be fresh and spring-chicken-like. Yesterday, we were having problems laying out our entrances- nobody come up with any great ideas, and the ones we did come up with, we couldn't agree on anything. It was very frustrating. But today was a new day. We sat down with Frank and Marsha and after about 45 minutes, we finally had some solutions. It was VERY relieving. We met and discussed the ideas that our professors presented us and came to a nice breaking point. The better half of our team (pictured above), along with some of the other students, went to Chen's Garden Buffet. It was delicious!
After lunch, we split and worked individually. 3/4 of us actually got work done. All in all, we are happy with the work that we got done today and are happy to have finally arrived at several conclusions.

-Webb Hardware-
  • Jeremy Bunner
  • Rhett Parker
  • Stephanie Wong
  • Elizabeth Galan