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| March 10, 2006 AU STUDENTS CONVERT SHIPPING CONTAINER INTO HOME FOR KATRINA VICTIM |
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<-Barbra Meyer of Gulfport, Miss., moves into her new temporary home, a shipping container designed by Auburn University students. Meyer's home was severly damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. |
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| A temporary housing unit designed by students
in Auburn University’s College of Architecture, Design and Construction
was moved March 8, 2006 to benefit a family in hurricane-ravaged Gulfport,
Miss.
The innovative, weather-resistant housing unit was made from a shipping container and transformed into a residence by graduate students in the college’s design/build program. |
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