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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nDr. Elizabeth Lockard, associate professor of Environmental\n+ Interior Design, was on board with the idea. But she also threw in a few\ncurve balls. She required that the hotel be situated in a cold climate, where\nstudents would have to insulate for below freezing temperatures and strong\nwinter storms. She also said the students would need to use the metric system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The stipulations were meant to be especially challenging to\na class studying in oh-so-balmy Hawaii.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That’s why, Lockard said, a central component of the design class is to visit a destination where their project could be centered. The idea: allow students to see firsthand how a given environment can be incorporated into their final design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To meet Lockard’s requirements, the group settled on\nVancouver and started raising funds to make the trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nAnd last month, four seniors and Lockard jetted off to the\ncity for some invaluable hands-on research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From February 6 to 9, they walked the city, visiting art galleries, trekking up Grouse Mountain and touring hotels and a proposed project site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They walked away knowing so much more about cold climate\ndesign than a book or a lecture could ever tell them, Lockard said, allowing\nthem to understand a place “viscerally as well as intellectually.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It allowed them to internalize their knowledge in a\nway that it could not happen in the classroom alone,” she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Allisen Caberto, who hopes to graduate in May, said the\nreal-world exercise was rich with “ah-ha! moments.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Rather than role-play hypothetically, you get to\nbecome part of the lesson,” she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Caberto added the trip also hammered home for her how vital\nit is to consider sustainability in a final design project. “Whatever we\nbuild and create has an impact on it, and so as designers who have a larger\ninfluence on building designs, we should try to build consciously and\nharmoniously with the natural environment to help reduce human footprint,”\nshe said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n“And from visiting Vancouver, it is visibly clear they\nkeep the natural environment in mind and embrace the outdoors.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Senior Elyssa Shirai also took the trip and said it left her\n“inspired.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Not only are you seeing a place that isn\u2019t like Hawaii\nbut also to take in the lifestyle of the people who live there, the amazing\nsceneries and different landscapes of that place,” she said. “There\nwere many special moments on this trip.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lockard said one of the major takeaways for students is that\ninterior design is a practical field that requires hands-on learning. She noted\nthat details like pedestrian or vehicular traffic patterns can have a\nsignificant impact on a design and can’t be discerned solely by looking at a map.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The trip allowed the seniors to “internalize”\ntheir knowledge, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That kind of transformational experience “could not\nhappen in the classroom alone,\u201d Lockard said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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