- Source: Rural Studio
The Rural Studio is a design-build architecture studio run by Auburn University. It teaches students about the social responsibilities of the profession of architecture and provides good houses and buildings for poor communities in rural west Alabama, US, part of what is called the "Black Belt".
History
The studio was founded in 1993 by architects Samuel Mockbee and D. K. Ruth. It is led by UK-born architect Andrew Freear. Each year the program builds several projects: a house by the third-year students, and two to three thesis projects by groups of 3 to 5 fifth-year students. The Rural Studio has built more than 80 houses and civic projects in Hale, Perry and Marengo counties. The Rural Studio is based in Newbern, a small town in Hale County. Many of its best-known projects are in the tiny community of Mason's Bend, on the banks of the Black Warrior River.
The studio has been criticized for the way its projects take advantage of the power relations inherent in gift-giving, and for mistaking elitist architectural and middle-class values, rather than the process of political emancipation and self-determination, as a way to improve the lives of the poor.
Notable projects
= Safe House Black History Museum
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The studio renovated, restored, and made an addition to the Safe House Black History Museum in Greensboro, Alabama, in the late 2010s. The redesign was awarded third place in American Architect's Building of the Year competition.
= $20K House
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The $20K House is an ongoing research project at the Rural Studio that seeks to address the pressing need for decent and affordable housing in Hale County, Alabama. Nearly 30% of the people in Hale County live in poverty. Due to the lack of conventional credit for people with their level of income, and insufficient knowledge about alternative sources of funding, mobile homes offer the only chance for home ownership for many. Unlike a house, which is an asset for its owner, trailers deteriorate very quickly and depreciate over time. Mobile homes are also correlated with higher cancer rates due to the use of formaldehyde in their construction.
The $20k House project is intended to design a model home that could be reproduced on a large scale, and thereby become a viable alternative to a mobile home. The challenge is to build a house for $20,000, ten to twelve thousand of which will go towards materials and the remainder to contracted labor. Once a truly successful model has been designed, the aim is to sell the houses in conjunction with the "502 Direct Loan" provided by the Rural Housing Service. The project began in 2005, and there have been at least 16 iterations of the house.
Projects
By year. Some designers are listed.
= 2010–2011
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Lion's Park - Phase VI (hub), Greensboro
Safe House Black History Museum, Greensboro
= 2009–2010
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Lion's Park - Phase V (playscape), Greensboro
= 2008–2009
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Lion's Park - Phase IV (skateplay), Greensboro
= 2007–2008
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20K - Bridge Greensboro
20K - Loft Greensboro
20K - Pattern Book Greensboro
20K - Roundwood Greensboro
St. Luke's Church Renovation, Cahawba, Alabama
= 2006–2007
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Lion's Park - Phase II (toilets), Greensboro
Lion's Park - Phase III (surfacing), Greensboro
Akron Boys & Girls Club - II
$20K House - Phase III - Greensboro, Alabama
St. Luke's Episcopal Church, CahawbaLeon, John Mansour, Candace Rimes, Jamie Sartory, Fuller Sherrod, Walker Stone, Nick Wickersham
= 2005–2006
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Lion's Park - Phase I, Greensboro
Hale County Hospital, Greensboro
Hale County Animal Shelter, Greensboro
$20K House - Phase II, Greensboro
Michelle's House, Greensboro
Anna Marie Bevil, Jason Blankenship, Brittany Creehan, Jacob Fyfe, Brittany Graeber, Jennifer Isenburg, Carrie Laurendine, Jonathan Mayhall, Don Mott, Brandon Rainosek, Haley Robinson, Christopher Terrell, Marcus Buckner-Perry, Justyn Chandler, Michelle Clark, Taylor Clark, Evan Dick, Lori Fine, Robert Hall, Drew Jerdan, Brett Randall Jones, Ben Krauss, Carolyn Norton, John Plaster, Dorothy Sherling, Casey Smith, Kathleen Webb, Terran Wilson
= 2004–2005
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Perry Lakes Canopy Tower
Adrienne Brady, Natalie Butts, Paul Howard, Coley Mulcahy
Perry County Learning Center
Dereck Aplin, Sam Currie, Amy Bell, Angela Hughey, Turnley Smith
Christine's House, Mason's Bend, Hale County
Steven Long, Amy Bullington
Re-sourcing
David Garner
$20K House - Phase I, Hale County
Kellie Stokes, Laura Noguera, Phillip March Jones, Hana Loftus, Min Joo Kim
Willie Bell House, Mason's Bend, Hale County
= 2003–2004
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Alabama Rural Heritage Center, Thomaston[1]
Abby Barnett Davis, Melissa Harold, Paul Kardous, Nathan Makemeson, Robert White
Newbern Volunteer Fire Department, Newbern
Will Brothers, Elizabeth Ellington, Matthew Finley, Leia Price
Perry Lakes Park Bridge, Perry County
Matthew Edwards, Lynielle Houston, Charlie Jorgensen, Sara Singleton
Sub Rosa Pantheon, Newbern
Carol Mockbee
Patrick House, Newbern
Outside In, Greensboro
= 2002–2003
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Perry Lakes Toilets and Boardwalk, Marion
Sarah Dunn, Matt Foley, Brannen Park, Melissa Sullivan
Rural Heritage Center Gift Shop
Emily McGlohn, Katie B. Johnston, John David Caldwell
Sunshine School, Newbern
Organic Farmer's Stand, Newbern
Ola Mae Porch
Newbern Little League Field, Newbern
Jason A. Hunsucker, Jermaine Washington, Julie Hay, Patrick Nelson
Music Man House, Greensboro
dining hall, Newbern
Matt Christopher, Kris Johnson, Albert Ulysses Mitchum II, Clark Todd Gollotte
= 2001–2002
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Perry Lakes Cedar Pavilion
Jennifer Bonner, Mary Beth Maness, Nathan Orrison, Anthony Tindill
Antioch Baptist Church
Jared Fulton, Gabe Michaud, William Nauck, Marion McElroy
HERO Knowledge Cafe, Greensboro
Andrea Ray, John McCabe, Daniel Sweeney, Matt Wilson
Great Hall at Morrisette, Newbern
Akron Senior Center
Matthew Barrett, Jonathan Graves, Breanna Hinderliter, Joseph Yeager
Shiles House
Lucy House, Mason's Bend, Hale County
Keith Zawistowski, Marie Zawistowski, James Tate, Ben Cannard, Kerry Larkin, Floris Keverling Buisman
Architectural Ambulance
= 2000–2001
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Newbern Baseball Club, Newbern
Corrugated Cardboard Pod, Newbern
Chantilly House, Newbern
Bodark Amphitheatre, Newbern
Akron Boys & Girls Club
Sanders/Dudley House, Greensboro
Newbern Playground, Newbern
= 1999–2000
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Glass Chapel, Mason's Bend, Hale County
Thomaston Farmer's Market
Pods at Morrisette, Newbern
Spencer House, Newbern
Sanders/Dudley House, Greensboro
Mason's Bend Basketball Court
= 1998–1999
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Seed House
HERO Children's Center, Greensboro
Lewis House
Supershed & Bathhouse, Newbern
Spencer House, Newbern
Sanders/Dudley House, Greensboro
= 1997–1998
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Butterfly House, Mason's Bend, Hale County
HERO Children's Center, Greensboro
Lewis House
Supershed & Bathhouse, Newbern
Spencer House, Newbern
= 1996–1997
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Goat House, Josh Cooper and Iain Stewart
Butterfly House, Mason's Bend, Hale County
William Austin, Clifford Brooks, Kristen Kepner Coleman, Joshua Daniel, Adam Gerndt, Jo Beth Gleason, Jeremy Moffet, Justin Patwin, Hunter Simmons, Elizabeth Stallworth, Samuel Watkins, William Whittaker Jr., Heather Wootten, Jeff Marteski, Timothy Sliger, Robert Sproull, Tommy Replogle, Jon Schumann, John Ritchie, Charlie Hughes, Jimmy Turner, Jeff Johnston,
Akron Pavilion
H.E.R.O. Playscape, Joe Alcock and Melissa Teng Greensboro
= 1995–1996
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Wilson House, Mason's Bend, Hale County
= 1994–1995
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Yancey Chapel, Sawyerville, Hale County (See pictures at http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/?p=321.)
Hay Bale House, Mason's Bend, Hale County
Wilson House, Mason's Bend, Hale County
Supershed, Newbern
= 1993–1994
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Smoke House, Mason's Bend, Hale County
Hay Bale House, Mason's Bend, Hale County
Awards
2008 Global Award for Sustainable Architecture, awarded to Andrew Freear
References
Andrea Oppenheimer Dean and Timothy Hursley, (2005) "Proceed and Be Bold: Rural Studio After Samuel Mockbee". Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 1-56898-500-2
Samuel Mockbee, David Moos and Gail Trechsel. (2003) Samuel Mockbee and the Rural Studio. Birmingham Museum of Art. ISBN 0-931394-52-X
Andrea Oppenheimer Dean, photographer, Timothy Hursley. (2002) Rural Studio: Samuel Mockbee and an Architecture of Decency. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 1-56898-292-5
Further reading
Freear, Andrew; Barthel, Elena; Dean, Andrea Oppenheimer (2014). Rural Studio at Twenty: Designing and Building in Hale County, Alabama. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781616891534.
External links
official Rural Studio Website
Rural Studio film — Rural Studio documentary website.
NPR Speaking of Faith: "An Architecture of Decency" — public radio program about project: includes dynamic map of selected projects and audio slideshows.
Citizen Architect - Rural Studio film — documentary about Samuel Mockbee, made by former students Jack Sanders and Sam Douglas (2010).
Hortus (design + architecture magazine) — "L'architettura della decenza" — by Federico De Matteis (in Italian).
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