Assistant Professor Cory Gallo's Landscape Architecture Exterior Design/Build class spent the Spring 2016 semester developing a new courtyard for the landscape architecture complex. "The design and build delivery method fits very well into the service-learning model. Students are able to learn about design and construction through a hands-on service project," said Gallo. The landscape architecture students worked to create weekly reflective journals in which they wrote about past and future activities and drew details of the elements they would implement. The finished product will be widely viewed by faculty, staff, students, and visitors. It will have a beautiful deck that serves a functional purpose for the courtyard. Everyone that visits will be able to learn about the sustainable landscape through interpretive kiosks placed at intervals around the space. The project created several unique features that everyone on Mississippi State's campus can learn from. Professor Gallo said he is hopeful that several of the stormwater management best management practices are used more widely on campus as designers and administrators see how they work. |