The house is largely build by students. It is the synthesis of undergraduate education and research tempered by the working of a real product.
JULY 2008
- Ten students awarded academic fellowships to participate in solar decathlon summer studio. Architecture, industrial design and building construction students advance the preliminary design and develop the concept of Responsive Architecture
- Summer studio office established
- Initial full-scale mock-ups of sliding shutter screens
- Polycarbonate panels with aerogel prototyped
- Initial presentation in Houston to ConocoPhillips
