The 2025 Keats Camps Design Build joins a tenure of several architecturally focused projects sited on Keats Island in Howe Sound, and emphasized landscape-focused intervention. This project involved the design of shading, seating, planting, and earthwork throughout the nearly 20-acre campus to improve site usability and comfort for attendees of Keats Camps’ annual camping and retreat programs. The design build begins as a 4-month design elective in which SALA MLA and M.Arch students undertake design, detailing and scheduling. The construction phase takes place over 6 weeks in early summer, during which time students lived on Keats Island full time.
Read more about the lessons learned from this project here.
Project Team
Adjunct Professor: Nicky Bloom
Site Supervisor: Lys Hermanski
Bridget Bi
Ema De Fruscia
Nu Nguyen
Joseph Zhou
Alice Tang
Lea Papillon
Sarah Samsoudin
Diego Lozano
Hannah Dyck-Chan
Tatianna Duncan
Thea Johannus
Wenyao Li