2024-05-07T20:31:43-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/31542133/student-projects-cal-poly-pomona-tvef-tsunami-vertical-evacuation-facility-studio Orhan Ayyüce 2011-12-20T00:27:28-05:00 >2022-03-16T09:10:02-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/l7/l7jiua99lc0eqjbr.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p> Last quarter a group of Cal Poly Pomona architecture and structural engineering students with professors Axel Schimitzberger and Dr. Mikhail Gershfeld conducted a multi disciplinary studio to design prototype tsunami evacuation facilities. The purpose of the studio was to design a temporary shelter during an earthquake/tsunami event and use the structure for other purposes in other times. Students had to design structures from precast concrete and steel. Needlessly to say the work was evolved to the advance levels of structural integrity and architectural innovation. As a final jury member I was impressed not only with the designs but also the&nbsp;simultaneous&nbsp;and symbiotic relationship of the two disciplines in a creative studio environment.</p> <p> Here is a quote from the studio objectives.</p> <p> <em>&ldquo;We anticipate some lively discussions between members of the two disciplines, revealing the different vocabularies of the two cultures. Architecture students will have to explain what they mean by ...</em></p>