UCA’s Residential Interior Design class was given a 2-week timeline to create a self-sufficient container community for a non-profit organization to benefit a chosen demographic. The students worked as a team and chose to create a camp for troubled teens. They utilized 95, 20-foot containers and created a two-acre site for the camp, “Hope Mountain,” which has the capacity to house 50 students and 25 counselors. The camp contains student living quarters, community areas, 3 food trucks, greenhouse, community kitchen, counselor quarters, and schoolhouse.
Thursday, September 15, the students presented their project and self-sufficient living research to their instructor, Danielle Barron, along with guests Dr. Nina Roofe and Maria Posada. Their work will be on display in MAC 205 until Tuesday, September 27.