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CU Denver Architecture Students Test Shelter Prototype at Safe-Camping Site

“A year ago, architecture students at the University of Colorado Denver built a structure that they thought could replace the ice-fishing tents at safe-camping sites for people experiencing homelessness in the Mile High City.

But first, they installed the wood-and-canvas structure — which looks like an especially tall tent — outside on the campus to experience the Colorado elements and also collect feedback from students and faculty members. "To have a full-size structure to make comments on was kind of a fun engagement method for people to get involved with it," says Richard McSwain, the former president of CU Denver's chapter of Freedom by Design, a nonprofit community-service program for architecture students.” – Read the complete article in Westword, by Conor McCormick-Cavanagh, February 24, 2023

Photo: Conor McCormick-Cavanagh