Welcome! The
Fall 2016 Architecture Sustainability LLC is off to a great start! RA Katy and Peer Mentors Emmy and J.P. are working hard to
make sure the students are getting involved here at UWM their first year. One of the big events the architecture
LLC students took part in this past month was the AIAS Annual Sandcastle
Building Competition on Bradford Beach.
The event consisted of various groups of UWM staff and students that
were tasked with building the most intuitive, unique, and creative sandcastles
within a given time frame. The
LLC’s hard work and valiant efforts were rewarded with the sought after 2nd
place design trophy that is now displayed in the lobby of Cambridge
Commons. This is the third year
the Architecture LLC has earned a trophy for this competition. We are proud to have such a creative
freshmen class.
This
semester, there are two Architecture LLC classes that are doing slightly
different coursework. One is
focusing on analyzing and understanding site. This includes site visits, diagram practice, and positioning
architecture based on various cultural and environmental aspects. The other LLC is focusing on using
Milwaukee as an Architecture Lab for understanding site, space, and place. They will be going on many site visits
to various places around Milwaukee to expand their architectural knowledge.
As the semester continues, we have
many exciting events planned in order to help the students feel like involved
individuals in the SARUP community as well as preparing them for their first
sophomore studio. Stay tuned for
more exciting news from the Architecture LLC!