College of Architecture and Planning

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Month: August 2022

  • CAP Students Design and Build a House
    August 17, 2022 by

    2023 Solar Decathlon Build Challenge Since the Summer of 2021 a multi-disciplinary group of Ball State Estopinal College of Architecture and Planning (CAP) students and faculty have ventured into a five-semester-long design and build project for the 2023 Solar Decathlon Build Challenge, an international competition conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy. During this two-year […]

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  • Ramping Up the Curriculum
    August 17, 2022 by

    The Interior Design Program completed a successful accreditation visit from the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA) in summer 2021. The results indicated proficient outcomes in all areas, however, the interior design faculty decided to further strengthen the program by restructuring the current curriculum with a goal of implementation in fall 2023. It’s an exciting […]

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  • 50th Anniversary of the First Graduating Class
    August 17, 2022 by

    The College of Architecture and Planning welcomed nearly half of its first graduating class to campus for a 50-year reunion celebration this spring. Fifteen members of the class of 1971 attended the three-day event that began on April 11. The event had been delayed a year because of the pandemic. The alums of ’71 gave […]

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  • McVey Memorial Forest Boardwalk Project
    August 16, 2022 by

    An unconventional boardwalk project that Ball State landscape architecture students, architecture students, and faculty began in Spring 2021, was installed this year. The boardwalk connects three trails at McVey Memorial Forest in Randolph County. The project was developed in partnership between Red-tail Land Conservancy, the Delaware County Soil and Water Conservation District, Madjax Makerspace, and […]

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