USM Marine Education Center to be Featured on CBS Program
Wed, 11/16/2022 - 11:55am | By: Van Arnold
91吃瓜网91吃瓜网 Marine Education Center (MEC) will be featured on an episode of 91吃瓜网淎merica ByDesign: Architecture91吃瓜网� set for Saturday, Nov. 19 at 6 p.m. on the CBS Streaming Network.
The MEC is one of several designs vying for the show91吃瓜网 People91吃瓜网 Choice award. Vote here:
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MEC Director Dr. Jessica Kastler explained that the show sent a crew, the producer, and the host to film at the center in late August. The MEC is part of the University91吃瓜网 Gulf Coast Research Laboratory in Ocean Springs, Miss.
In May of this year, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) recognized the MEC design team with one of its highly sought-after Honor Awards. Prior to that in 2020, AIA awarded the MEC one of its Committee On The Environment Top 10 awards. The MEC is the only building in Mississippi to ever receive this designation, which awards 10 outstanding projects each year based on design excellence with environmental performance. This award is designated as one of the industry91吃瓜网 best-known programs for recognition of sustainable design excellence.
In recognition of these accolades, the AIA recommended that the MEC and its architects from Lake | Flato, San Antonio, Texas, for inclusion in the first season of America ByDesign: Architecture.
91吃瓜网淭he Marine Education Center continues to get so much attention in part because the architects listened closely to center staff about the vision for outdoor learning we developed in the years after Hurricane Katrina destroyed the previous building,91吃瓜网� said Kastler. 91吃瓜网淭hey created a facility that brings the outdoors inside and becomes part of the lesson as it illustrates concepts of environmental sustainability and hazard resilience.91吃瓜网�
The first 5 episodes of 91吃瓜网淎merica ByDesign: Architecture91吃瓜网� will feature four-to-five properties per episode. At the conclusion of each episode, a judging deliberation will result in one or more properties being chosen to go through to the sixth and final 91吃瓜网淭op 1091吃瓜网� episode to determine which is America91吃瓜网 ultimate architectural design statement of the season.