Charitable design<\/p>\n
Architecture students collaborate their skills to design a
\nranch-style center for the deaf, called Isaiah’s Place <\/p>\n
By: Mindy Riffle <\/p>\n
Issue date: 2\/21\/08 Section: News<\/p>\n
A group of Texas A&M architecture students went to Dallas to present
\na master plan for Isaiah’s Place Inc., an equestrian learning and
\nretreat center to serve the deaf community. <\/p>\n
“Our project is two-fold. It is a master plan for a 40-acre training
\nfacility for an equestrian center for deaf kids that will teach them
\nhow to work with horses which we emphasized specifically on the
\nequestrian center for,” said Boon Bowling, a senior environmental
\ndesign major involved with the project. <\/p>\n
Cousins Diane and Susan Frederickson, who purchased the land and a
\nlog-cabin home in 2002 near Whitney, Texas, established the
\nnon-profit corporation. The brochure stated that it is intended to be
\nan educational center providing enrichment experiences, activities and
\nmaterials geared toward building communication skills, confidence,
\nself-esteem and developing relationships with an appreciation for a
\ncountry, or ranch, lifestyle for the deaf and hard of hearing. <\/p>\n
Isaiah’s Place board of directors met in 2007 to lay out the future
\nof the corporation and realized the need for a master plan that would
\nallow efficient use of the land. This is where the A&M architecture
\nstudents came to help. <\/p>\n
Senior architecture major Teri Whitney explained how the project
\nbegan at the beginning of the semester and how the students have
\nworked to meet the client’s visual ideas. <\/p>\n
“They presented a slide show to us explaining all their
\nneeds, their desires and their vision,” Whitney said. “We have met
\nwith them every week since then and basically said ‘OK, this is what
\nI hear you saying visually,’ and so piece by piece, every week, we
\nhave put more stuff together. <\/p>\n
“It’s interesting because we all hear them say the exact same thing,
\nbut each of us has a completely different interpretation of what they
\nare saying and come up with ideas that are all different in their own
\nway.” <\/p>\n
Whitney said the variety of ideas allows the client to pick and
\nchoose particular aspects from each student’s project and combine
\nthem to mold their vision. <\/p>\n
She said that she has enjoyed the project and was excited to find out
\nhow the client felt about their work. “I am really excited to see the
\nreaction of the people that haven’t seen the progress we have made on
\nthe project yet.” <\/p>\n
Mark Burgess, a senior environmental design major, said that the
\nproject is done on an individual basis, but the students often work
\ntogether to collaborate on ideas and contribute what they learned to
\nhelp others. <\/p>\n
“One of the more interesting things about it is to be able to see how
\nwhat we do can affect a community,” Burgess said. <\/p>\n
Jessica Williams, a senior environmental design major, said that the
\nnine students who are participating in this project are all part of
\nGeorge Mann’s architecture 406 class. <\/p>\n
“We are all just excited about the opportunity to be able to help
\nthem [Isaiah’s Place] to carry out their master plan,” Williams said.<\/p>\n
Mann, who is the Skaggs-Sprague endowed chairman in health facilities
\ndesign, said that he was proud of the group. He said that a
\nWashington, D.C., architecture professional thought that the work the
\ngroup had done in three weeks of focused collaboration was worth two
\nmonths of material. <\/p>\n
Plans for the equestrian center include a 12-stall barn, tack storage
\narea, feed storage and riding arena. The equestrian center will be the
\ncenterpiece for Isaiah’s Place to help carry out its ranch lifestyle
\ntheme. <\/p>\n
Isaiah’s Place is a facility that seeks not only to meet the special
\nneeds of the deaf and hard of hearing, but of their families as well.
\nTherefore, in addition to the equestrian center, they plan to include
\nsix family cabins, a commercial kitchen and dining hall, a gymnasium
\nand an indoor gameroom. The future plan is to expand the
\nFredricksons’ existing pond with a boardwalk for fishing activities. <\/p>\n
Link:
\nhttp:\/\/media.www.thebatt.com\/media\/storage\/paper657\/news\/2008\/02\/21\/News\/Charitable.Design-3224798.shtml<\/p>\n
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Charitable design Architecture students collaborate their skills to design a ranch-style center for the deaf, called Isaiah’s Place By: Mindy Riffle Issue date: 2\/21\/08 Section: News A group of Texas A&M architecture students went to Dallas to present a master…<\/p>\n