Westlake High School
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING EDUCATION DEPT.
STEM, TRIZ, Architecture, Engineering, Design, & Innovation Studies
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date:
Contact:
1-19-15
K. Scott Kutz, Westlake High School, Office Phone (440) 899-3075 Ext. 2041
Email: kutz@wlake.org
Ross Niinisto, Cuyahoga Valley Career Center, Phone: (440) 746-8345
Email: rniinisto@cvccworks.edu
Re:
The Great Big Home & Garden Show 2015:
“18TH Annual Student Model Home Design Contest”
Brecksville – Cuyahoga Valley Career Center will be the site for the judging and awards presentation
portion of The Great Big Home & Garden Show 18th Annual Student Model Home Design Contest. The
judging will take place on Friday evening (1-23-15) at approximately 5:30 p.m. in the commons.
The speech and awards presentation will be Saturday morning (1-24-15) starting at 10:00 a.m., also held in
the school commons. Scheduled to appear as keynote speaker and help present the awards will be
architect Duane Van Dyke, AIA, LEED AP, of Van Dyke Architects LLC. The presentation will conclude at
approximately 11:00 a.m.
The top ten winning models and drawings will be displayed at The Great Big Home and Garden Show,
February 6-15 at the I-X Center (booth #1671). The grand prize winner will be awarded a $1000
scholarship to further his/her education in a related technical field. Additional awards include the 4 specialty
categories of “Architectural Design of Merit”, “Best Presentation”, “Best Model”, & “Best CAD/3D Drawings”.
Sponsored by the American Concrete Institute NE Ohio Chapter, IMAGINiT Technologies, Turner
Construction, Northeast Ohio Technology & Engineering Educators Association, The Chas. E. Phipps
Company, and Marketplace Events, these future architects, engineers, designers, contractors, and artisans
were challenged to design a Cool Pool House that’s functional, marketable, innovative, energy-efficient, and
addressed the wants and needs of a family of four.
This year’s student contest theme is “The Great & Incredibly Cool Pool House”. Students were
challenged to create a functional and aesthetically pleasing pool house, incorporating the above grade
concrete system (i.e., ICF - insulated concrete form) system into the design. The 1500 sq. ft. pool house
was to be designed for the purpose of accommodating a couple and their two children who plan to build in
the Cleveland area. The family wants a pool house that incorporates “green” and “smart” technology, and
include amenities such as an indoor shelter, bathrooms, kitchenette, and other features when entertaining
friends and family. The pool house was to reflect the colonial style architecture of the adjacent and existing
residential house.
The students were instructed to design the pool house featuring an above grade concrete home (ICF –
Insulated Concrete Form) system, while incorporating appropriate and creative use of other building
elements, such as energy efficient and environmentally conscious products and systems to reduce energy
costs.
Concrete building technology design offers homeowners increased energy efficiency, lower maintenance
and substantial cost savings. Because of their unique construction properties, concrete buildings can be
designed with virtually any type of exterior and interior. Concrete is one of the most fire-resistant
construction materials available, and the strength and durability of concrete walls offer unmatched
resistance to the devastation of major storms.
Using their knowledge of architectural design, green building design technology, and concrete construction,
student entries will include floor plan & elevation drawings as well as the much anticipated scaled model
homes. They will be judged in 15 separate categories, including design, planning and innovations, energyconserving features, drawing presentation, model presentation, and exterior design. Schools entered this
year include Auburn Career Center, Bay Village High School, Brecksville Broadview Heights High School,
Shaker Heights High School, Theodore Roosevelt High School (Kent), Westlake High School, and host
Cuyahoga Valley Career Center. A panel of building industry professionals from across the area will
evaluate the student designs.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
The Great Big Home & Garden Show
February 6-15, 2015 at the IX Center