Come see Conway in action! RSVP Below
Conway students will present creative solutions to eight very different and very demanding real-world projects, at Conway on Friday, May 31, 2013, 9:00 AM – 4:45 PM. Let us know if you are coming by filling out the RSVP form below.
Each year, students work on three projects — an individual project at a residential scale in the fall, a team project in the winter at a larger land use planning scale, and a more site-specific team project, also at the community scale, in the spring.
Projects this spring include:
- Feasibility study for a farming community at a school in Athol, MA;
- Landscape master plans for senior housing in Chesterfield, MA, a farm in Conway, MA, a Quaker retreat center in Deerfield, MA, a condominium site in Westford, MA, and a bank in Hadley, MA;
- Conceptual design plan for a Nipmuc Nation tribal center in West Brookfield, MA; and
- Village center plan for Wilmington, VT, a community hit particularly hard by Tropical Storm Irene.
With each term, students give weekly presentations to the faculty, culminating in a formal presentation before a panel of critics two or three weeks before the end of the term. We ask three people to serve as critics — generally one Conway alum, one professional landscape architect or planner who has worked in the field, and an ecologist. By scheduling the presentations before the end of the term, students can incorporate suggestions and comments made by critics in their final plans. Stay tuned for news of this term’s critics.
Schedule
9:00-9:20 Review of posted material for morning projects
9:20-9:30 Welcome
9:30-12:20 Morning project presentations
12:20-12:55 Lunch
12:55-1:15 Review of posted material for afternoon project
1:15-1:20 Welcome back
1:20-4:10 Afternoon project presentations
4:10-4:40 Final comments and discussion
4:40 Light refreshments
Please come see the school in action. Let us know if you are coming by completing the form below:
