AISC’s grants empower students, drive community impact

by Christopher Brinckerhoff | May 14, 2024 6:00 am

Patrick Peters taught a class at University of Houston that designed and helped build an outdoor classroom with structural steel.[1]
Patrick Peters taught a class at University of Houston that designed and helped build an outdoor classroom with structural steel.
Photo: Patrick-Peters

The American Institute of Steel Construction’s (AISC)[2] Education Foundation awarded three grants from its inaugural Design-Build Grant Program, which promotes the use of structural steel in student-designed projects that will benefit local communities, followed by the construction of those designs by the students in hands-on activities or in partnership with a fabricator.

The grants support projects across the country. In Columbus, Ind., a project led by Lucas Brown and Daniel Luis Martinez of Indiana University was awarded a grant for a creative bus stop. An outdoor classroom in Houston led by Patrick Peters of the University of Houston’s designLAB also won a grant. University of Texas at Arlington’s Julia Lindgren receives a grant in 2025 for a rest stop for cyclists and pedestrians in Dallas.

Peters spoke about architecture design-build at 2024 NASCC: The Steel Conference in a session titled “Rooted Ligaments: 35 Years of the University of Houston Graduate Design/Build Studio.” His presentation, as well as all other sessions from the conference, will be available on AISC’s website.

Endnotes:
  1. [Image]: https://www.metalarchitecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Outdoor-classroom-credit-Patrick-Peters.jpg
  2. American Institute of Steel Construction’s (AISC): https://www.aisc.org/

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