Both
Jeff and Karen McHegg taught design/build principles in the University of
Washington's Design/Build Mexico Program. The first project was a collaboration
between university students and the local community to design and construct
an elementary school, built over three winters in a squatter's community outside
of Cuernavaca in Central Mexico.
Once the school was occupied, the community was officially recognized by the
municipal government, and was eligible for water, power and road services.
For more information, please go to http://online.caup.washington.edu/programs/uwbasic/mexico.htm
McHegg
Design+Build worked with elementary school students and a University of Washington
professor to design and build an outdoor classroom at Thorndyke Elementary
School in Tukwila. McHegg Design+Build transformed the students' models and
ideas about collecting rainwater into a design that was built with the assistance
of the school community and the University of Washington.
The outdoor classroom is a gazebo for students, teachers and the community
to gather and learn about the environment. The two-part curved roof is supported
by custom tapered glue-laminated beams that were built in the McHegg Design+Build
shop.
Jeff
and Karen McHegg taught in the second project undertaken by the University
of Washington's Design/Build Mexico Program, which was a women's clinic, built
over two terms at the convergence of five squatter's communities outside of
Cuernavaca in Central Mexico. The completed project included clinic spaces,
a traditional temascal, a community meeting room, a pharmacy and a medicinal
herb garden.
For more information, please go to
http://online.caup.washington.edu/programs/uwbasic/mexico.htm
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