Rural studio

An efficient and simple construction, this pavilion used many local materials that were either found or donated. The floor of the pavilion is a brick pad which allows for more deliberate activities to happen beneath the cover of the roof. The pad is also elevated and retained with railroad ties that reference the locomotive history… Read More →

The Butterfly House derives its name from the sharply angled roof structure that collects rainwater and shelters a screened porch. The house is largely heated and cooled passively, with assistance from a wood-burning stove.

Seeking to open the under-explored east side of the park to pedestrian visitors, a bridge was deemed necessary to span a creek. The resulting covered bridge comprises three steel and wood triangular sections: the outer two sections supporting the central section. When joined together, and covered with salvaged tin, the 3 sections create one long… Read More →

After a number of years of sophomore students undertaking flamboyant and outrageously formed projects with no clear materials palette and little understanding of the process of simple platform-frame construction, the Rural Studio attempted a more disciplined approach. The resulting house, is clean and crisp and rather more akin to the surrounding trailers than the previous… Read More →

Shed Roof Pavilion

Rural Studio is a housing project at Auburn University. Here's a little bit about this particular project, the 20k House (Version 2). The Outreach Program was conceived as a way to bring outside students and collaborators

The Truss Home is the third house built as part of the 20K Project, and, like the first two iterations, the project focuses on utilizing interior space efficiently. Additionally, a major design goal of the Truss Home was to examine the use of a wood truss structure, rather than the more traditional stick-frame wooden construction… Read More →

Image 3 of 36 from gallery of Gutshof Güldenhof Center for Art and Sustainable Living / Heim Balp Architekten. Photograph by Francesca lóvene

Rose Lee’s House is the result of two semester’s work of the 2nd Year Studio at Auburn University Rural Studio, in West Alabama. Rural Studio is an...