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April 14, 2003 Vol. 73, no. 12S
Events and
Announcements
CONTEST: MOUNTAIN HUT COMPETITION
The University of California,
Berkeley College of Environmental Design is sponsoring a competition
for a prototype design of a wilderness base camp for 60 to 80 people
to stay overnight high in California's Sierra Nevada. The Palisades
Glacier Mountain Hut competition is open to students and professionals
and offers a $10,000 first prize for the best plan that integrates advanced
construction technology and innovative design with environmental preservation.
The winning design is expected to lead to a contract to build the mountain
hut with an estimated construction budget of $1.5 million. The clients
will be the nonprofit David Brower Memorial Mountain Hut at the Palisades
Glacier Foundation and the U.S. Forest Service.
The competition project site is near the trail head leading to the mile-long
Palisades Glacier, the largest glacier in the Sierras.
Teaming with the college to make the competition possible is the Wiener
Family Fund for Public Architecture and Landscape. The organization
has established a fund for competitions and events that emphasize social
equality and environmental sustainability along with design excellence
and technological advances. All design entries are for projects for
public spaces. San Francisco attorney Jay Wiener established and chairs
the Wiener Family Fund to continue his family’s commitment to progressive
modern architecture.
The deadline for entries is December 5, 2003. Winners will be announced
on December 19, 2003, and a design contract will be issued to the winning
team in January 2004. Construction is expected to begin around June
2004. For more information visit: www.ced.berkeley.edu/prizes_awards/mounthut/index.htm.
GET INVOLVED WITH RESEARCH
Come to the Undergraduate
Research Opportunities (URO) Program info session to find out how to
get involved in research and to find out more about the URO Program.
Professor Jennifer Mankoff and a number of students will discuss their
URO experiences, and refreshments will be served. The info session will
be Monday, August 25th from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. in Wozniak Lounge on the
4th floor of Soda Hall. More information about URO is at www.coe.berkeley.edu/current_students/uro/.
EXPRESS YOURSELF TO A COLLEGE COMMITTEE
Help improve the College by voicing your opinion to student members
of the committees for cooperative education, the engineering library,
engineering science, graduate study, student relations, and undergraduate
study. Find out who this year’s student members are at www.coe.berkeley.edu/current_students/committee/.
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