FAU and Fort Lauderdale looking to turn property into "School of Architecture Metropolitan Studio"
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A foreclosed, falling-apart Sistrunk Boulevard plumbing supply store could get a second life showing people the way to a greener urban environment.
The city and Florida Atlantic University are talking about teaming up to turn the blighted, city-owned property west of the Florida East Coast Railroad tracks into a "living lab" where FAU's architecture students can turn their designs into reality.
Students would also use their projects to teach people in the area steps they can take toward a more sustainable life, possibly be reducing their energy usage, growing their own food or finding new ways to conserve water.
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Right now, students develop their ideas on the downtown campus, but have no outlet for the real-world experience of constructing their designs, managing that construction, and learning the governmental permitting hoops they will encounter in their future careers.
"This adds a construction and environmental technologies experimentation dimension," Sandell said.
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