Education Feature

Education Feature:
The Art of Integration

Interdisciplinary Collaboration : Education through Practice

Robert Dunay, Joeseph Wheeler, Robert Schubert
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Students and practitioners from architecture, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, mechanical, electrical, and structural engineering developed new and efficient components comprising a house that derives all of its energy from the sun. The goal is to develop sustainable design - and thinking about design - through an educational environment that inculcates collaborative teamwork.

The Education Feature this week was presented at the Connecting '07 Icsid Congress in San Fancisco, and has been republished with permission.

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