I need to clarify.
I should have said, "The entire structure cost $1500 IN MATERIALS to
build!"
Even with the correction, it's still Awesome!!
--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "slurryguy" <slurryguy@...>
wrote:
>
> I did a little digging to learn more about a photo of a papercrete
> house in Tijuana Mexico I posted last week.
>
> I found out some VERY exciting information. This was not just any
> humdrum house.
>
> The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB)
has
> awarded the Grand Prize in a 2008 competition to that papercrete
> house in Tijuana Mexico.
> http://www.ncarb.org/Prize/2008/GrandPrize.html
> Here's the same link as a tiny clickable url:
> http://tinyurl.com/6r39ys
>
>
>
> NCARB Grand Prize
> From the Cal State Poly website:
> ===============
> The College of Environmental Design is proud to announce the
> Architecture Department has won the National Council of
Architectural
> Registration Boards (NCARB) Grand Prize for "Low cost sustainable
> housing, Tijuana Mexico". The NCARB Prize grand carries with it a
> cash award of $25,000 that will be presented to the Department of
> Architecture. Read more
>
> The 2008 NCARB Prize jury, comprising members of the Council's
> Practice Education Committee and six academic representatives
(deans,
> heads, or chairs) from schools with architecture programs
accredited
> by the National Architectural Accrediting Board, (NAAB) nominated
by
> NCARB's regional leadership, met March 26-27, 2008 in Houston, TX.
> After considering 31 entries representing 22 different colleges and
> universities, the NCARB Prize grand prize—a cash award of $25,000—
> will be presented to the Department of Architecture, California
State
> Polytechnic University, Pomona for its project LOW COST SUSTAINABLE
> HOUSING FOR TIJUANA, MEXICO. The jury's decision was announced
during
> the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Annual
> Meeting Awards Ceremony, March 28, 2008 in Houston, TX. This
project
> directed by Architecture faculty Pablo La Roche, Irma Ramirez and
> Lyle Center director Kyle Brown, explores the development and
> integration of sustainable technologies for low-cost housing in
> Tijuana through design, construction and research courses developed
> over the course of two academic years.
> =============
> source: http://www.csupomona.edu/~arc/arc_home.html
> same source (tiny clickable): http://tinyurl.com/5lq8qk
> =============
>
>
> It looks like papercrete is starting to get more broadly recognized
> and respected by academia and professionals. This is a very very
> good thing.
>
>
> The entire structure cost $1500 to build! Awesome!
>
>
> It looks like a very fascinating project. Following is a more
> detailed write up.
> http://www.ncarb.org/Prize/2008/LowCostHousingTijuanaSubmission.pdf
> Here's the same link as a tiny clickable url:
> http://tinyurl.com/65jtye
>
>
> Please join me in offering congratulations to everyone at
California
> State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
>
> I also request any Papercreters member that has personal knowledge
of
> the team that built the house in Tijuana to contact me personally
at
> slurryguy@... I would like to invite members of that team to
> discuss their project with Papercreters.
>
>
> NICELY DONE CAL-ST. POLY!!!
>
>
> --- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "slurryguy" <slurryguy@>
> wrote:
> >
> > I'm finding all kinds of interesting photos today.
> >
> > Here's a nice papercrete structure in Tijuana, Mexico.
> >
>
http://www.flickr.com/photos/silverlake_kris/2450051804/in/photostream
> /
> >
> > Just in case Yahoo chops up the above link so that it doesn't
work
> > right, following is the exact same url in a tiny clickable url:
> > http://tinyurl.com/5frxu5
> >
> > When you look at that web page, take a look to the right of the
> photo.
> > There are several other views of the structure that you can view
by
> > clicking on the far right thumbnail picture. It's part of a
large
> > photoset. There are 6 papercrete related photos. The rest of
the
> > photos are unrelated to papercrete and are about the
photographer's
> > vacation. I'm not familiar with the photographer.
> >
> > If anyone knows more about the structure, please don't hesitate
to
> post
> > what you know.
> >
>
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