Design Build Program
· About
The design/build service-learning courses offered by USF’s School of Architecture and Community design uniquely provide opportunities for architecture students to serve the Tampa Bay community while achieving academic learning objectives focused on the interrelationships between design and building processes.
Architectural design-build courses are unique from typical architecture design courses because students use their own hands to construct their design proposals in the field at full-scale thus bridging the theoretical design realm of the studio and the physical realm of the world. This bridging promotes further understanding of the relationship between architectural representation and physical buildings and emphasizes the exploration of design and construction as reciprocal poetic and technical acts.
As a service-learning experience, the community-based organization collaborates in the educational process by proposing a design project which serves its mission and by providing opportunities for students to learn through the exchange of viewpoints, knowledge, and experiences with the broader community. This exchange provides further opportunities for students to better understand the interrelationships between architecture and the cultural, social, and economic realms in which it develops and exists.
The project, from conceptualization through construction, serves as the vehicle for learning. The community-based organization collaborates in the design and construction processes, supports the course learning objectives, and provides resources for design and construction materials, tool rentals, fees, and specialty contracting. Students volunteer their time and labor while the course instructor advises the students in organizing, managing, and reflecting upon the project/learning process. Priority is given to projects proposed by charitable non-profit organizations and governmental entities with missions directed toward revitalizing the broader community.
· Curriculum
The design/build curriculum includes the 3 credit hour design/build seminar in the fall and the 6 credit hour design/build studio in the spring. During fall semester students design and document the building that they spend the spring semester constructing. Design and construction are treated as a single interrelated process and design continues throughout the construction phase.
Course credit is earned and work is evaluated based on achievement of the academic objectives established for each course. The broad pedagogical objectives which guide the learning objectives of the Design Build Practicum courses are to:
-Enrich understanding of the inter-relationships between theoretical design acts and physical building processes in achieving poetic architectural expression
-Demonstrate learner-leader attitudes and skills
-Produce, share, and communicate design and building research within a team setting
-Learn from and effectively communicate with community participants during design and building processes
-Develop a commitment to civic and social community service
· Sponsors
A A American ContainerAAAmerican Container
Acoustiblok
Aurora Civil Engineering Inc
Advantage Steel Inc.
APG Electric
Chuck Henderson Plumbing
Cadamar Group
C.Q. Insulation, Inc.
Creative Contractors
Crumpton Welding Supplies
Elements Design
Florida Rock Industries INC.
Gerdau Ameristeel
Georgia Pacific
Hees & Associates, Inc.
Jennifer Isenbeck, PE
Prattco Roofing and Sheet Metal
Permatherm
Rexel electric
Stanley Russell Architect
Sebastian Design Implementation
Sims Crane
Tampa Bay Lighting, Inc.
Tampa Bay Resources
Walmark Contracting
· Members
Temple Terrace Park Pavilion
Adam Barbosa
Wes Bradley
Jana Buchter
Sarah Deardorf
Matt Gaboury
Dusty Laurent
Jason Novisk
Jessica Phillips
Shane Ross
Alec Smith
Javier Valencia
Erica Williams
George Scarfe
Alberto Rodriguez
George Scarfe- Graduate Assistant
Chablis Applewhite
Brandon Bartle
Justin Onorati
Josh Jones
Paul Martinez
Dana Nielsen
Tammy Rife
Mario Rodriguez
Maryam Yonnes
Chris Podes
Jessica Gardberg
Matt Gaboury
Natalie Capone
Sasha Dalla Costa
Luciano Esposito
Dusty Laurent
Josh Figuroa.
Amanda Prouty
Sean Verdecia
Diego Duran
Jorge Lucero
Jason Ross
Jon Brannon
Fadhi Sheikh-Khalil
Joe Ruger
Josh Norsworthy
Jean Maurice Nakhla
Jessica Antonen
Elaine Cummings
Joshua Deacon
Elijah Pano
John Roman
Sean Smith
Michael Stallings
Ryan Swanson
Tuan Van
Justin Warner
Mary Alvarez
Christopher Garcia
Leonardo Morantin
Gregory Osburn
Jason Ross
Diego Solis
· Media
· Awards
· Projects
The Franciscan Center Pavilion Project
2009 AIA Tampa Bay Design Awards- Honorable Mention Award
Riverfront Park Pavilion
2009 Hillsborough County Community Design Award- Award of Excellence
2010 AIA Tampa Bay Design Awards- Merit Award
Noah Nothing Caring & Teaching Center
2009 AIA Tampa Bay Design Awards- Merit Award
2010 Hillsborough County Community Design Award- Award of Excellence, Judge’s Choice