Second year Residential Design Students, under the direction of Holly Barker, Department Head of Interior Design; will compete this winter in the Bernice Bienenstock Furniture Library Harmony House Competition. The Harmony House Competition is a $10,000 scholarship competition which challenges students to create a three- story unconventional youth shelter located in Seattle, Washington specially targeted for runaway youths aged 10-17 who are in crisis.
The first floor of the facility houses a sandwich shop and soup lunch shop featuring organize and locally harvested items operated by a creative and motivated team who mentor the teens as they learn responsibility and life skills. The second and third floors and identical and provides gender neutral rooms, a counselors' station, two lounges, and a computer/reading room.
To prepare for the project students visited the Furniture Library in High Point to research various topics from youth furniture, to sustainable products and living, healing environments, floor plan layouts, and color theory.
Students researched ways to create a positive healing environment which can reduce problems associated with runway youths and strengthen family relationships and encourage stable living.
To check out student progress on the project refer each individual second year student blog to the right.
To learn more about the Bernice Bienenstock Furniture Library you can visit their website at
www.funriturelibrary.com
Article Posted by: Holly Barker, Department Head, Design Programs at Randolph Community College.
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