Architecture studio to build networking and communication center at Lama Foundation

This week, a final design was chosen for a networking and communications center, from Senior Instructor Jade Polizzi and Instructor Rachel Lee's intermediate architecture studio.Â
This spring, students worked with the Lama Foundation to design a new communications center for the Lama community. The class client selected to move forward with a design by ENVD student Cecilia Alvarado. Alvarado's design is titled "Telecommunications: Lamas Paradox,"Â a 400 square foot structure.Â
"The proposed addition is somewhat of a beautiful paradox," Cecilia Alvarado said. " While Lama refrains from the connection to the outer world, the outer world has found its way in, and instead of fighting it, the modern times should be embraced."Â Â
The final design was originally planned to be built during a six-week design-build studio this summer.Â
"The hope is that we can break ground lat this summer and build the structure next summer," Jade Polizzi said.Â