Dal architecture students build and destroy

Projects from previous Dal Architecture workshops.

If you noticed something odd happening around Dalhousie Architecture & Planning building on Spring Garden, don’t worry—it won’t affect any sight lines. The school’s B3 Architecture class is working on an intensive Structures Workshop, where, according to a press release from the school, they will be “developing and fabricating large structural models (1:5 scale) of long-span structures over the three days, in various locations around the building and grounds. Throughout the three days, we will be doing rounds of consultation with the student groups to help develop the structural design and models.”

On Friday at 2pm the class will be conducting “destruction testing of the models” on the front lawn. That sounds like some smash-’em up fun to me.

This article appears in Jun 4-10, 2009.