Mission accomplished!

The 2008 awards are now on our Judging page, and photographs will soon be going up in the Gallery. Thanks to everyone – competitors, judges, and staff – who was a part of Design Village 2008!

Design Village

In the Design Village Competition, teams from across the United States design and build a theme-based structure that meets several additional requirements: the structure's parts must be hand carried down a mile trail into the canyon; the structure must be assembled in 12 hours, without the use of plugged electricity; the team members must live in their structure for the entire weekend. Teams are judged for craftsmanship, sustainablility, excellence in design, suitability to the theme, and public response. This event is a challenging opportunity that usually produces creative and impressive results.

Mission to Mars: Sojourn to Station

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, invites you to DV08 on open house weekend, April 18-19-20.

Mission to Mars—This is about where we go next, a dwelling beyond earth. As the Pioneers of Tomorrow, Poly Canyon as your Mars, how suitable will your habitat be to the site? With all you a know now aboUt our impact on the environment, how would you begin life on a new planet? And let's not forget this tiny detail—how will you transport your payload?

Trek on, modern day Lewis and Clark, and you will find this expedition isn't as out of this world as you think.