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The Design/Build is a exceptional service
learning experience that allows students to contribute a huge amount
to the community in which they work. The program represents an innovative
model for teaching, intellectual exchange and service learning. We strive
to advance a common societal goal, the improvement of our ecological
and social environment. In an attempt to make our projects meaningful
to the communities with whom we work, we have developed an inclusive
participatory design process in which community members participate in
the conceptualizing and design processes. Working with a unique client
to create an open space will nurture and stimulate the children, their
families, and will provide a valuable asset for the garbage pickers of
Zone 3 in Guatemala City.
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In the design/build program students
are asked to consider design through the “application of building” and
adapt their designs based on actual experience and scale. Our design/build
studio accomplishes two goals. First, it provides an alternative design
process, in which thinking and making are integrated as interrelated
components. Second, the resulting project provides an amenity for a community.
This process is collaborative; building becomes a social as well as a
physical art. Students in the program will work with the Safe Passage
staff, administrators, children and UW faculty to design and build an
adevnture play garden for the Nueva Guarderia (“New Preschool”)
site. Students will learn the skills of small site design, construction
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This program offers students a unique opportunity
to live and study in one of the world’s most interesting cities.
The program is designed to meet two primary goals, first for students to
explore, observe and study this unique urban center and the surrounding
country and second to work with a unique social service agency to design
and create a unique landscape. Rich in Mayan history and culture, Guatemala
is ecologically important with great swaths of forested land still intact
and many endangered/threatened species. While the project takes place in
urban Guatemala City, participants will reside in unique Antigua, an historic
city nestled at the base of three volcanoes where they can explore ancient
ruined churches and hike on active volcanoes. During weekends and off-time
participants will have opportunities to explore the region through group
travel to such places as Tikal and Lake Atitlan.
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