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Architecture and Design Students to Participate in Solar Decathlon this Fall in Washington, D.C.
Carnegie Mellon University's schools of Architecture and Design are collaborating with the University of Pittsburgh School of Engineering and the Art Institute of Pittsburgh in a joint project called "Pittsburgh Synergy" for this fall's Solar Decathlon Competition. The competition will take place Oct. 7-16 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. This is the second Solar Decathlon in which the Carnegie Mellon schools of Architecture and Design have participated.
"The most challenging aspect of architecture is the translation from an idea to a design, then resolving how to build it and then actually building it," said Stephen Lee, professor of architecture at Carnegie Mellon. "In architecture school, you usually get only as far as the design phase. The Solar Decathlon is an important part of an architectural education at Carnegie Mellon because it embodies the process of moving from an idea to realization."
Following the competition, the Pittsburgh Synergy House will return to the Carnegie Mellon campus as the new home for the Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Education and Research (SEER).
The School of Architecture and School of Design are two of the five schools within Carnegie Mellon's College of Fine Arts. The College of Fine Arts is a community of nationally and internationally recognized artists and professionals organized into Architecture, Art, Design, Drama, Music, associated centers and programs.
For more information on "Pittsburgh Synergy," visit http://www.arc.cmu.edu/sd/index.html.
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