Rural studio

An efficient and simple construction, this pavilion used many local materials that were either found or donated. The floor of the pavilion is a brick pad which allows for more deliberate activities to happen beneath the cover of the roof. The pad is also elevated and retained with railroad ties that reference the locomotive history… Read More →

After a number of years of sophomore students undertaking flamboyant and outrageously formed projects with no clear materials palette and little understanding of the process of simple platform-frame construction, the Rural Studio attempted a more disciplined approach. The resulting house, is clean and crisp and rather more akin to the surrounding trailers than the previous… Read More →

Seeking to open the under-explored east side of the park to pedestrian visitors, a bridge was deemed necessary to span a creek. The resulting covered bridge comprises three steel and wood triangular sections: the outer two sections supporting the central section. When joined together, and covered with salvaged tin, the 3 sections create one long… Read More →

Rural Studio is a housing project at Auburn University. Here's a little bit about this particular project, the 20k House (Version 2). The Outreach Program was conceived as a way to bring outside students and collaborators

The Rural Studio at Auburn University is nearly ready to begin mass-marketing its affordable home plans

Rose Lee’s House is the result of two semester’s work of the 2nd Year Studio at Auburn University Rural Studio, in West Alabama. Rural Studio is an...

hale county animal shelter (greensboro, AL) 2005-2006 (photo by timothy hursley) the rural studio is different from other university architecture

An efficient and simple construction, this pavilion used many local materials that were either found or donated. The floor of the pavilion is a brick pad which allows for more deliberate activities to happen beneath the cover of the roof. The pad is also elevated and retained with railroad ties that reference the locomotive history… Read More →