Rural Studio
I find the idea of the Rural Studio to be a very interesting concept. The one run by Mockbee is intriguing because it had examples of students living in buildings that past students had created, as opposed to our Charleston studio. I wonder if that contributed to making the clients feel on more level ground with the students. Many said they felt initially that the students were there for a grade, but came to find they truly cared about what they were doing. I almost feel as though this should be a mandatory studio, as it teaches not just about community, other people, and compassion, it teaches also to be practical in design when needed, gives hands on experience, and how to be flexible and resources. These are traits we need as both architects and humans. My only concern would be with making it mandatory, could students who don’t take it seriously ruin the experience, especially for the clients, and therefore cause the program to end in that location. What could be a countermeasure to this?
Hi Morgan, I really appreciate your take on the Rural Studio. As someone who participated in the Charleston Community Build program it would have been a great experience to live among the community in housing built by past students of the program like Rural Studio does. I think there could only be more benefits of the Community Build studio if it were as immersive as Rural Studio. I would say not only does a design build studio teach you about community, compassion, and flexibility but it teaches you the way others work and how to communicate and work together for the benefit of completing the project for the community.
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