Students from KSU’s College of Architecture and Design are working on a project to design and build several 10’x10’x10’ modular buildings (in the shape of cubes), which will be positioned around town. Each cube will have both a practical function, and serve as an “education station” informing users about green technology and products. Their goal is to have 3-4 of these little buildings ready for delivery to town by the weekend of the first anniversary of the tornado in May.

The following very clever designs are coming to Greensburg:

* ICE CUBE - a source of drinking water for residents and workers during the rebuilding process, with a cooling feature in the summer. This cube will educate users about water conservation techniques, and will serve as a rain water collection station. (designed by Jacob Henley and Melody Meek)

* GREEN HAUS - a cube depicting models of various types of sustainable building materials and techniques; will include a LEED checklist.

* RECYCLING BIN - will serve not only as a portable collection site, but will educate users about the recycling process with an interactive learning system. (designed by Laura Wilke)

* LITTER BOX - a restroom featuring composting toilets and showers using recycled water.

KSU Professor of Architecture Larry Bowne and his students have made a couple of trips to town, attending February's Resource Fair, and presenting to the City Council. The Green Club will assist the KSU folks with the Recycling Bin project, and will take responsibility for it once it comes home to Greensburg. Students who have made the trip from Manhattan include: Adrienne Stolwyk (Greensburg Community Liaison), Aaron Vanderpool (PR Director), Malcolm Watkins (Construction Manager), Jessica Williams (Materials Sourcing Director), Sally Maddock, Melody Meek and Laura Wilke.

The Cube project is in part funded by Waterlink, a program of the Kansas Department of Health and the Environment, whose mission is to improve water quality through partnerships between universities and local communities.

Visit their creative and upbeat website here.

Last updated on March 16, 2008 by Administrator