- Rural Studio
The Rural Studio is a
design-build architecture studio run byAuburn University which aims to teach students about the social responsibilities of the profession of architecture while also providing safe, well-constructed and inspirational homes and buildings for poor communities in rural westAlabama , part of the so-called "Black Belt".The studio was founded in 1993 by architects
Samuel Mockbee and D. K. Ruth. Each year the program builds five or so projects - a house by the second-year students, three thesis projects by groups of 3-5 fifth year students and one or more outreach studio projects. The Rural Studio has built more than 80 houses and civic projects in Hale, Perry and Marengo counties. The Rural Studio is based in Newbern, a small town in Hale County. Many of its best-known projects are in the tiny community of Mason's Bend, on the banks of theBlack Warrior River .Projects
By Year. Some Designers are listed
2006-2007
*Lion's Park - Phase II, Greensboro
**Mark Dempsey, Russell Gibbs, Adam Kent, Pamela Raetz. [http://www.cadc.auburn.edu/soa/rural-studio/lions-park02/]
*Lion's Park - Phase III, Greensboro
**Joey Aplin, Lindsay Butler, Anthony Vu, Adam "Woody" Woodward. [http://www.cadc.auburn.edu/soa/rural-studio/lions-park03/]
*Akron Boys & Girls Club - II
**Danny Wicke, Whitney Hall, Adam Pearce, John Marusich
*$20K House - Phase III - Greensboro, AlabamaKaramjit Birk, Sabina Nieto, Jane Sloss, Jeremy Aranoff, and Prof. Steven "white lightning" Long
*St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Cahawba2005-2006
*Lion's Park - Phase I, Greensboro
**Laura Filipek, Alicia Gjesvold, Jeremy Sargent, Daniel Splaingard, Mark Wise
*Hale County Hospital, Greensboro
**Blair Bricken, Nathan Foust, Nicholas Gray, Heidi Schattin
*Hale County Animal Shelter, Greensboro
**Jeff Bazzell, Julieta Collart, Lana Farkas, Connely Farr
*$20K House - Phase II
**Nathalie Leysen, Alexandre Landry, Fernando Abreu, Susan Massey, Kellie Stokes
*Michelle's House, Greensboro
**Anna Marie Bevil, Jason Blankenship, Brittany Creehan, Jacob Fyfe, Brittany Graeber, Jennifer Isenburg, Carrie Laurendine, Jonathan Mayhall, Don Mott, Brandon Rainosek, Haley Robinson, Christopher Terrell, Marcus Buckner-Perry, Justyn Chandler, Michelle Clark, Taylor Clark, Evan Dick, Lori Fine, Robert Hall, Drew Jerdan, Brett Jones, Ben Krauss, Carolyn Norton, John Plaster, Dorothy Sherling, Casey Smith, Kathleen Webb, Terran Wilson2004-2005
*Perry Lakes Canopy Tower Adrienne Brady, Natalie Butts, Paul Howard, Coley Mulcahy
*Perry County Learning CenterDereck Aplin, Sam Currie, Amy Bell, Angela Hughey, Turnley Smith
*Christine's House, Mason's Bend, Hale CountySteven Long, Amy Bullington
*Re-sourcingDavid Garner
*$20K House - Phase I Kellie Stokes, Laura Noguera, Phillip March Jones, Hanna Loftus, Minn Joo Kim
*Willie Bell House, Mason's Bend, Hale County2003-2004
*
Alabama Rural Heritage Center , Thomaston [http://www.pepperjelly.org/]
**Abby Barnett, Melissa Harold, Paul Kardous, Nathan Makemeson, Robert White
*Newbern Volunteer Fire Department, Newbern
**Will Brothers, Elizabeth Ellington, Matthew Finley, Leia Price
*Perry Lakes Park Bridge, Perry County
**Matthew Edwards, Lynielle Houston, Charlie Jorgensen, Sara Singleton
*Sub Rosa, Newbern
**Carol Mockbee
*Patrick House, Newbern
*Outside In, Greensboro2002-2003
*Perry Lakes Toilets and Boardwalk,
Marion
**Sarah Dunn, Matt Foley, Brannen Park, Melissa Sullivan
*Rural Heritage Center Gift Shop
*Sunshine School,Newbern
*Organic Farmer's Stand,Newbern
*Ola Mae Porch
*Newbern Little League Field,Newbern
**Jason A. Hunsucker, Jermaine Washington, Julie Hay
*Music Man House, Greensboro
*dinning hall,Newbern
**Matt Christopher, Kris Johnson, Albert Ulysses Mitchum II, clark todd gollotte2001-2002
*Perry Lakes Cedar Pavilion
*Antioch Baptist Church
*HERO Knowledge Cafe, Greensboro
*Great Hall at Morrisette,Newbern
*Akron Senior Center
*Shiles House
*Lucy House, Mason's Bend, Hale County
*Architectural Ambulance2000-2001
*Newbern Baseball Club, Newbern
*Corrugated Cardboard Pod, Newbern
*Chantilly House, Newbern
*Bodark Amphitheatre, Newbern
*Akron Boys & Girls Club
*Sanders/Dudley House, Greensboro
*Newbern Playground, Newbern1999-2000
*Glass Chapel, Mason's Bend, Hale County
*Thomaston Farmer's Market
*Pods at Morrisette, Newbern
*Spencer House, Newbern
*Sanders/Dudley House, Greensboro
*Mason's Bend Basketball Court1998-1999
*Seed House
*HERO Children's Center, Greensboro
*Lewis House
*Supershed & Bathhouse, Newbern
*Spencer House, Newbern
*Sanders/Dudley House, Greensboro1997-1998
*Butterfly House, Mason's Bend, Hale County
*HERO Children's Center, Greensboro
*Lewis House
*Supershed & Bathhouse, Newbern
*Spencer House, Newbern1996-1997
*Goat House
*Butterfly House, Mason's Bend, Hale County
*Akron Pavilion
*HERO Playground, Greensboro1995-1996
*Butterfly House, Mason's Bend, Hale County
*Wilson House, Mason's Bend, Hale County1994-1995
*Yancey Chapel, Sawyerville, Hale County (See pictures at [http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/?p=321 http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/?p=321] .)
*Hay Bale House, Mason's Bend, Hale County
*Wilson House, Mason's Bend, Hale County
*Supershed, Newbern
*HERO Playground, Greensboro1993-1994
*Smoke House, Mason's Bend, Hale County
*Hay Bale House, Mason's Bend, Hale CountyReferences
*Andrea Oppenheimer Dean and Timothy Hursley, (2005) "Proceed and Be Bold: Rural Studio After Samuel Mockbee". Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 1-56898-500-2
* Samuel Mockbee, David Moos and Gail Trechsel. (2003) "Samuel Mockbee and the Rural Studio". Birmingham Museum of Art. ISBN 0-931394-52-X
* Andrea Oppenheimer Dean, photographer, Timothy Hursley. (2002) "Rural Studio: Samuel Mockbee and an Architecture of Decency". Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 1-56898-292-5External links
* [http://www.ruralstudio.com/ Rural Studio's Website]
* [http://speakingoffaith.org/programs/ruralstudio/ "An Architecture of Decency"] public radio program about project includes dynamic map of selected projects and audio slideshows
* [http://www.ruralstudiofilm.com/ Rural Studio film] documentary website
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