April 24, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Ray Ladd
805.756.1316
designvillage.calpoly@gmail.com
http://designvillage.calpoly.edu

Cal Poly College of Architecture and Environmental Design
Announces 2008 Design Village Winners

See photos from past competitions | See KSBY News video of 2008 Competition

Visit Design Village 2008 Web site

SAN LUIS OBISPO -- Innovative – and sometimes quirky – designs are always part of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design’s annual Design Village competition. The event pits teams of architecture, construction management and engineering students from universities across the West against one another.

Design Village challenges student teams to desig structures that serve as a temporary shelter for team members during Cal Poly’s annual Open House weekend each April.

This year, Cal Poly's "Team Mars Exclamation Point" entry won first place in the "Most Sustainable" category, and an honorable mention for best mode of transportation. Overall winner was Team Triad of West Valley College.

Photos from the competition will be posted on the Design Village web site at: http://designvillage.calpoly.edu

This year's Design Village winners include:

Best Overall
Winner:  Team Triad, West Valley College
Honorable Mentions: 
Discovery Rover, Woodbury, San Diego
Robotic Inflatable Mars Module, Cal Poly Pomona
Woodbury San Diego

Best Integration of Theme (Mission to Mars)
Winner: L.I.P. Live-In Pod, Long Beach City College
Honorable Mention:
Robotic Inflatable Mars Module, Cal Poly Pomona

Most Climate Adaptive
Winner: Transformer, Orange Coast College

Best Structural System
Winner: Spirit of the Earth, Mt. San Antonio College

Best Detailed Craftsmanship
Winner: Arachnitecture, Orange Coast College
Honorable Mentions:
Team Triad, West Valley College
Woodbury San Diego
L.I.P. Live In Pod, Long Beach City College
Robotic Inflatable Mars Module, Cal Poly Pomona

Most Sustainable
Winner: Mars Exclamation Point, Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)

People's Choice
Winner: Sojourn to Station, Cuesta College
Honorable Mentions:
College of the Sequoias
Reitz Brothers, Consumnes River College and CSU Sacramento

Other noteworthy structures

Best Adaptablility to the Site:
Consumnes River College
Woodbury San Diego
Arachnitecture, Orange Coast College

Best Method of Transportation: 
Mars Exclamation Point, Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)
The Tri-Lander, Bakersfield College
Team Triad, West Valley CC

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