dream big - north carolina first lego league and first tech …€¦ · dream big professor robert...

DREAM BIGProfessor Robert Powell (Architect, Associate Professor)

Dr. Stephanie Luster-Teasley (Professor and Chair)

North Carolina A&T State UniversityDepartment of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

There are currently 7.7 Billion People in the World

• Need for more buildings, housing, and green space

• Increasing Energy Demand

• Transportation Needs

• Solid Waste Handling and Disposal

• Remediation and Treatment

• Diversity in the Population: Age, Cultures, Health, Disabilities

THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE DREAMING BIG ABOUT CITIES AND DESIGNS FOR THE FUTURE

For your Projects Your Innovation Project Task find a building or public space that represents a problem or need or opportunity for your/our community

How do you pick a problem?

What’s involved?

How do you know if it’s the one you want?

The Steps in Designing Buildings and City Systems

Identifying a need and then identifying the problem(s) associated with that need

Homework – observing local conditions and efforts, reading/viewing what’s being done elsewhere

Coming up with ideas

Testing ideas – sharing your ideas and refining them based on feedback

DREAM BIG

QUESTIONS?Professor Robert Powell (Architect, Associate Professor)

Dr. Stephanie Luster-Teasley (Professor and Chair)

North Carolina A&T State UniversityDepartment of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering