- 40 High Schools were invited to participate
- 16 High Schools said “yes”
- 10 High Schools registered 180 students
- 10 High Schools turned in 91 student projects
- 18 students won 25 prizes, representing 7 high schools
Monday, April 18, 2011
The 2011 numbers (updated!)
Monday, April 4, 2011
April 26 Awards Ceremony
Date:
AIA
This year’s High School Design Competition project was a classroom and workshop building for a community garden managed by Toledo GROWs. This garden has proven to be a great asset to the local residents in both providing for food and improving community pride. A space is needed at the garden site where maintenance and improvement projects can occur (workshop), and where learning associated with the garden (including cooking classes) can occur. Storage of supplies for the gardens is needed. The building will react to and enhance the adjacent urban infrastructure, complement the existing site amenities, and be functional for both pedestrian and motor vehicle access.
A chicken coop will be shown somewhere on the site. Toledo GROWs is always looking for unique and improved chicken coop designs, and is interested in innovations students may propose.
This project incorporates a building of no more than 4,000 square feet, along with exterior site features.
Ms. Khodadad will talk about the path through school to a career in architecture.
Congresswoman Kaptur and Mr. Szuberla will discuss the importance of community gardens in general, Toledo GROWs in particular, and will let us know about local initiatives in our community.
We strongly encourage our architect members to attend this highly-supported community outreach program regardless of whether you have participated or not.
Special thanks to the following organizations for making this year’s competition possible
Friday, April 1, 2011
The boards are in - please RSVP for awards ceremony!
The boards have been turned in, and we’ve checked them all in for judging in a couple of weeks. Now we encourage you to attend the awards ceremony on Tuesday, April 26 (which should miss most schools’ spring breaks) at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on
To get an accurate count for the food please RSVP to hsdc.aiatoledo@gmail.com by Thursday, April 14. Attendance is free for students, parents and teachers (and a limited number of guests). We encourage students to attend even if they didn’t turn in a project, so they can listen to our speakers and see the range of projects submitted.
If you have any questions or feedback regarding the competition, or any suggestions on how we might improve the competition, feel free to contact us via email at hsdc.aiatoledo@gmail.com.