Chapter 3- Gulf Coast Community Design Studio
Today was the first day of real "class" if you will for the studio and I am going to be tagging along with them when I am in town. We met over at the Gulf Coast Community Design Center's current digs and met their small staff then made the long trip 5 blocks down Division Street in East Biloxi to the space which they are in the process of moving into.
We did a little insulating in the new space during the afternoon to help out before heading over to the Mississippi State Coastal Research Facility to talk about the semester's schedule and the allocation of class and non-classtime. I also got a chance to check out the shipping container situation a bit and got up close and personal with one over on Lee Street near where we eat lunch.
Gulf Coast Community Design Center Staff:
David Perkes, Director, Professor at Mississippi State
Christine Gaspar, Professor, MIT Alumni
Lucille, case worker
Jesse, Auburn
Kristin, Americorps, Penn State
Jody, University of Minnesota Alumni
Brandon, Boston Architectural Center
Gulf Coast Community Design Studio Roster:
University of Minnesota:
Sam Carlsen
Della Hansmann
Omar Hakeem
Shana Payne
Peter "Petey Pablo" Pelto
Matt Huntress
Derek Petersen
Mississippi State:
Connor
Scott
Chandler
Auburn:
Nadine
Boston Architectural Center:
Brandon
After dinner I got some work done and then we played the game Boulderdash with the boys from MS. Good Times. Oh yeah, pancakes for breakfast today... who's the king? I'm the King.
Total Pancakes Eaten: 11 (there were a couple left over from Della's house that I ate previous to this morning)
Current Pancake King: Me