Summary of Key Topics:

Week One: July 8-July 12
Lead Faculty: Michael Klare
Develop the global context for project themes; skill building in the Center for Design

Week Two: July 15-July 19
Lead Faculty: Michael Klare, Megan Lyster, and Beth Ferguson
Linking the global context to local examples; skill building in the Center for Design

Week Three: July 22-July 26
Lead Faculty: Beth Ferguson, Colin Twitchell, Donna Cohn, Megan Lyster, and Glen Armitage
Building on the global and local context, student teams move through the ideation and project design phases

Week Four: July 29-August 2
Lead Faculty: Beth Ferguson, and Megan Lyster
Students begin work on their design/build projects, and present their progress in a mid-session review and critique.

Week Five: August 5-August 9
Lead Faculty: Colin Twitchell, Donna Cohn, Megan Lyster, and Glen Armitage
Students continue to focus intensively on project development, testing and iteration.

Week Six: August 12-August 16
Lead Faculty: Colin Twitchell, Donna Cohn, Megan Lyster, and Glen Armitage
Students refine and complete their project work. At the end of week six, teams should have a working prototype that can be scaled up, which they’ll present to a panel of invited guests.