February 2009
Research and development. Industry partnerships. Recycled shipping containers.
The University of Houston Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture is primed to sharpen and green the cutting edge of design and architecture with the new UH Green Building Components (GBC), the college's research initiative to design, develop and implement sustainable, renewable building components for the architecture, engineering and construction industries.
"This is unique because there is very little design-based research in our field," Joe Meppelink, adjunct assistant professor and faculty research coordinator for the college, said.
"We will be designing and developing prototype components that will look better and, more importantly, perform better and promote sustainable construction through component-based design."
The effort is funded by nearly $1 million in grants from Houston Endowment and the Meadows Foundation.
The grants, disbursed over the next three years, will allow the college to fund faculty research initiatives as well as purchase state-of-the-art digital fabrication equipment for the design and development of environmentally sensitive building components for commercial use.
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