class site tours
EARTHSHIP The earthship tour showed students an alternative way of living; a home built using environmentally friendly and sustainable methods. These methods include walls built using old tires, cans, and concrete with local aggregate. The home will incorporate a gray water system, rain-water collection, and a greenhouse.
ALTERNATIVE VILLAGE The alternative village at the University of Manitoba investigates building methods that use straw and foam as insulation, instead of typical building methods.
UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA STAIR TOUR A tour of the various staircases present throughout the U of M campus reveals outdated standards to those standards required today.
WOLSELEY HOME This burned down home located in the Wolseley area of Winnipeg showed older house building methods.
EQ 3 A tour through the EQ3 warehouse demonstrated the furniture building process from conception, to prototype, to manufacturing.
ST.MARY’S ACADEMY