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

Team Imperial Hotel Day 6

Group Blog
Members: Rob, Jessica, Shawn, and Annette

It's a Saturday and guess where we are? In studio of course! But that's no different from every Saturday really. Today, each team presented their work to the other two teams. It was nice to get a full update on what everyone has been working on and where they are having difficulties. Some of the problems that arose during the presentations had already been addressed in one of the other projects, so we were able to give advice to one another. Our building had some major problems with the circulation of the building. We've corrected the staircases and elevators, but now we have to readjust the adjacent spaces in the building. Hopefully after this set back, we will be able to settle on a permanent design for the interior rooms. We are all looking forward to barbecuing steaks tonight and sleeping in tomorrow morning. It will be nice to finally see the campsite in the light of day and explore the woods!
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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
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Community Partners

Mr. Brent Cooley, Minden Building Inspector, discusses building codes and local ordinances with the LSU students (below).















Mr. Lestar Martin, AIA, conducts a seminar on the history and development of Minden (below).

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Visting Dorcheat Museum, Minden, LA

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Under construction .....

Look closely ... Atkinson "Studio" remote location.

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Crichton Building - cribs edition video blog

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Team crits!

The Imperial Hotel team presents their ideas and Dr. Bosworth responds accordingly.
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LSU in the Minden Press-Herald

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