WSU student designs now on
display in the Colfax Library
The Colfax Branch of Whitman County Library is currently displaying interior design plans for the Community Enrichment Center from students in Washington State University’s Interior Design program. Led by WSU Professor Bob Krikac of Colfax, the students collaborated with the library as part of the Rural Communities Design Initiative (RCDI).
RCDI
is a collaborative effort between Washington State University’s School of
Design and Construction and WSU Extension who partner with small, rural
communities to offer an innovative, cross-disciplinary approach to rebuilding
and promoting a sustainable local economy. Basically students in these programs
get to work on real projects while residents of rural communities get to reap
the benefits.
The Colfax Branch of Whitman County Library is currently displaying interior design plans for the Community Enrichment Center from students in Washington State University’s Interior Design program. Led by WSU Professor Bob Krikac of Colfax, the students collaborated with the library as part of the Rural Communities Design Initiative (RCDI).
During the collaboration,
student designers Marissa Rosati Cool, Amanda Billberg, Lauren Bruan and
Shaleesa Mielke led community focus groups to explore the needs of the
community and how the Center might respond. From these meetings, each student
took prospective building uses and developed designs that will be extremely
useful to library officials at they move forward with the Center.
PHOTO: Student historic interpretation of the Center’s front
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