University of Michigan Design Build Team

10/06/2018

Come to our official open house at Harvest Fest this Sunday October, 7th 1-4pm!

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09/18/2018

Come to our open house on October 7th, 1-4pm at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens.

ANN ARBOR—Three students are working with a set of donated DeWalt tools. They are siting and squaring the foundation for a building, and they're trying to figure out how the devices work. Soon, the young men have a rectangular outline marked off using twine and stakes. They watch their instructor

06/09/2018

Check out this video about us!

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The straw-bale building is well placed on the University of Michigan Campus Farm, which, six or seven years ago, found a home at Matthaei Botanical Gardens a...

06/01/2018

That calls an end to a spectacular month! Come check out the first student built off-grid straw bale building in Ann Arbor at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens!! Stay tuned for information on the open house in the fall!

05/20/2018

More than half way done! 7 more days to go!! Check out this news article in the meantime.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/05/17/university-of-michigan-straw-house/35040721/

05/12/2018

10 days in, great progress so far! The rain won't let us down! Check out this article about us!

The building, located next to the UM Campus Farm, will provide an informal meeting space for students and faculty in what is UM's first off-the-grid building in Ann Arbor.

05/05/2018

The first week is almost over! Hitting the ground strong!

05/03/2018

Great kick off!! Amazing progress in the first three days!! Here's a sneak peak of what we're building this month!!

Thanks to Joe Trumpey for the photos!

04/13/2018

Stay tuned for more information about our 2018 Matthaei Botanical Gardens Strawbale Build this coming May!! 17 more days until the build!!

11/13/2017

Didn't know about Green Building class before it happened last year – but think its super cool?
No worries!!
Professor Joe Trumpey & his new team will be building a refined version of this strawbale building on the campus farm this may!
enroll for the Winter semester to learn the details and make history on campus!

07/03/2017

!!!!! Also. Check us out on umich.edu !!!