After rigorous precedent research of traditional Mongolian Yurts, prefab yurts, and modern yurt designs, the students examined the site and presented their research to Dr. Schuster on a BRF field trip. Upon returning to Dalton, the students began their designs of radial structures inspired by traditional yurts and their research. The students built laser cut basswood models as well as created multiple digital models in SketchUp 3D modeling software. Finally, the students produced posters of their research, renderings and collages of their renderings in images of the site. The students subsequently presented their projects to the board, and five students represented three classes or twenty-five student projects. Advanced architecture students Theo Elliman '16 and Claudia Yanos '17 and Beginning Architecture students Eeshan Tripathii '19, Emilio Vicioso '19, and Clay Garfield '19 all spectacularly articulated and presented the Yurt Village ideas of theDalton Architecture Program to the Black Rock Forest Board at the Museum of Natural History.

Congrats to the student architects and representatives as well as all of the students in the Dalton Architecture program on their designs for Black Rock Forest.

Story and photos provided by Emily Wilson, AIA LEED Architecture, Art Faculty