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Eight students from local high schools participated; they were divided into three teams with one architect leading each team (Mike Sprader, Robert Bruner and Anne Marie Ellis (Herrington Architects)). They had approximately 2.5 hours to design and build a suitcase to house dress shirts and ties, and could only use cardboard and twine (glue is for sissies).

Needless to say, the all-girl team won.

Ty Cole and Robin Oliver (Big Communications) were guest critics. The winning team received Rural Studio books (foreshadowing our April fieldtrip) and the remaining students received AIA hats and copies of this month’s Architectural Record (a few copies generously and unknowingly donated by GFA architects).

Robin invited the Birmingham News, who included a picture and write-up of the event in today’s local section of the paper. Many thanks to everyone who helped make this charette a success – the students really seemed to enjoy it.

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