DESIGN/BUILD ARCHITECTURE PROGRAM AT UH
SETS ITS SIGHTS ON THE SILVER SCREEN
The silver screen comes to students at Alexander Hamilton Middle
School thanks to a summer program at the University of Houston Gerald
D. Hines College of Architecture. Students of the award-winning
Graduate Design/Build Studio at UH have created a design for an
outdoor performing arts and film projection canopy that they will
construct this summer.
To prepare for the project, students studied various film venues
in Houston such as the Angelika Film Center and Cafe, Landmark River
Oaks Theatre and Edwards Grand Palace Stadium 24, Associate Professor
Patrick Peters, director of the project, said.
“This is the first time film has been used as an intentional
element for one of our projects,” Peters said. “We asked
the students to conduct this background research because we wanted
them to develop their ideas based not only on what would be aesthetically
appealing but also on what would be technically viable.”
The result will be a 400-square foot luminous venue for outdoor
film projection and performing arts. The stage’s covered area
will accommodate up to 30 students, while the lawn seating will
be practically unlimited. The 14 first-year graduate students will
construct the project, finishing it by August 10.
This is the 16th year for the Graduate Design/Build Studio, which
has collaborated with various public schools in Houston to enhance
classroom space. As a green building initiative at UH, the Graduate
Design/Build Studio works to enhance the natural surroundings and
to take advantage of available natural resources. Past projects
include the Outdoor Reading Theater at Mark Twain Elementary, the
Outdoor Science Classroom at Red Elementary and the Outdoor Science
Classroom at the UH Charter School of Technology. Last year, UH
Design/Build students created an outdoor performing arts stage for
Oren M. Roberts Elementary School.
“This is an opportunity for our students to gain first hand
knowledge about the interplay of design and construction, while
meeting critical community needs,” Patrick said.
For more information about the UH Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture,
visit http://www.arch.uh.edu/home/index.html
For more information about the Design/Build Studio, visit www.arch.uh.edu/port/dBuild.html
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UH Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture
Graduate Design/Build Studio |
WHEN: |
Groundbreaking June 15 |
WHERE: |
Alexander Hamilton Middle School, 139 East 20th
Street in the Heights |
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