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.


Monday, December 20, 2010

Team Crichton

Blog: 12/20

Today we continued to work on the spatial arrangements of the town homes for the Crichton building. The relationship of the poles to the walls was beginning to cause some issues that needed solving. In the end, we were able to add an additional town home, but had to sacrifice the single car garages. Now we are exploring alternate parking methods that involves the side street (Green St.) being converted into a one way avenue that would have angled parking to accommodate the future tenants. We also continued the development of the courtyard area as providing each unit with their own private lawn/patio area, coupled with the balcony design.


Meet Team Member: Laina Andermann



Laina is here in Minden, LA as a 4th year architecture student and the oldest student on the trip. Originally from the Gonzales area, she currently goes to LSU. Interesting Fact: Cheese is her favorite food, preferably pepper jack.