Please join us for the 2019 Solar Decathlon Student Design Competition Open House! Students from across the University worked with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Centre County to design an affordable, easy to construct, and net-zero energy Zero Energy Ready Home (ZERH) design. Come learn more about this year’s project, as well as how to […]
“Lisa Iulo, associate professor of architecture and director of the Hamer Center for Community Design in the Stuckeman School, is the lead researcher on an interdisciplinary team that has received funding from Penn State to develop community-based solutions to river flooding in the state of Pennsylvania under the University’s strategic plan seed grant program.” (excerpt […]
The Hamer Center for Community Design will host Stephen Mainzer of Landscape Architecture for a Coffee Hour on Thursday February 28th titled: ENVISIONING SELINSGROVE:Vision Plan Process and Recommendations by LARCH 414; Discussion with Selinsgrove Community Representatives. DESCRIPTION:Visioning is a nascent step in urban planning that serves a vital role in informing future design interventions. This […]
Hamer Center researcher Lucy Rummler presented at the ACES: A Community on Ecosystems Services 2018 conference in Arlington, VA. The conference is an open forum to share experiences, methods, and tools for assessing and incorporating ecosystem services into public and private decisions. The focus of the conference is to link state-of-the-art science, practice, and decision […]
The HCCD will be having its final Coffee Hour this Friday (11-30) at 11:00 AM in the Hamer Center for Community Design – 105 Stuckeman Family Building. Title: Student-Led Social Infrastructure for a Healthy Town and Gown Speakers: Jack Iffert, B.S. Civil EngineeringFrans Padt, Ph.D About: Social infrastructure can be places or services, or a […]