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The fall 2016 Collaborative Tectonics Studio, which consisted of second-year students studying architecture (41 students) and building construction science (40 students), spent the semester building a cabin for the Hood Boy Scout Reservation in Hazelhurst, Miss., approximately 180 miles from the MSU main campus in Starkville.

91���� faculty members for the studio included Associate Professor Hans Herrmann, Briar Jones (visiting practitioner) and Associate Professor John Poros.

Building construction science faculty included Lee Carson, lecturer, and Visiting Assistant Professor Mohammed Mawlana, Ph.D. 

Herrmann, who served as studio coordinator and project P.I., worked closley with Larry Cagle, field director and lead contact for the Hood Reservation for the project. He also worked closely with School of 91���� alumnus and architect John McBride with the Boy Scouts. 

Additional Boy Scout supports/sponsors for the project included:

Andrew Jackson, Council

Tony Haines, Scout Executive/ CEO

Dr. Steve Zachow, Council Executive Board President

Property and Maintenance Committee:

Billy Boykin

Robby Bush

Ken Echols

Stephen Heard

Joe Lewis

Tim Rooks

Charlie Smith

Col. David Smith

Steve Smith

Joe Stamper

Jim Ulmer

The project was funded by the Boy Scouts with a partial match by the School of 91���� and 91����. 

Students present their final projects. (images via Hans Herrmann) 

Aside from the prototype Steep Slope Cabin (referring to the typical hillside site condition the cabins are designed to fit on) that students built in the first half of the term, each student also generated an individual proposal for a second prototype cabin.

Master planning a second grouping of 16 cabins, or what’s known as a “village” on the reservation, these cabins were designed to accommodate a different user group for corporate retreat style events. (Above images show students presenting these projects at the final review).

See some of the students’ final portfolios, which outline their final project in assembly sequence drawings: