MXC School of Ecology

Abstract

Students in this studio were asked to study the planning principles of a 1960’s “new town” that was proposed for west-central Minnesota, the Minnesota Experimental City(MXC). They were then asked to imagine a new or hybrid typology based on these principles, select a site as if the city had been built in the urban or rural settings that were proposed northwest of Alexandria, and design a building, circa 2011. My project was a School of Ecology for children and young adults in the MXC community. My building also served as a Nature Visitors Center for the public.