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The results of a three-day study of Endicott by WSU architecture students will be on display beginning Dec. 1 in a building which once housed a tavern and barbershop.
WSU graduate architecture students gathered in Endicott in October.
The exhibition of dioramas will run for two months after which it will be shown at a to-be-determined site in Seattle.
The dioramas feature scenes of Endicott which are viewed through peepholes in plywood boxes which measure 23”x15”x 14”.
From Oct. 16-18, a group of 16 students from a WSU graduate architecture studio class spent three days on-site in Endicott, with the assignment to find a place in the town which intrigued them and create a diorama depicting it – revealing the subjective and subconscious qualities they discovered.
the view through a peephole into one of the student’s dioramas depicting the town.
“There are 16 different experiences within these boxes that represent Endicott,” said student Catie Knoebel.
Students explored areas such as the old bank building, the cemetery and even the “mass and void” mix of vacant lots.
The young men and women stayed at Trinity Lutheran Church during their two nights in town.
“I think it was unconventional but all of us gravitated toward it, we all really enjoyed it and it will definitely be something we will remember, a refreshing project,” said Knoebel, a Master’s in Architecture student in her third year.
The exhibition is free, while donations will be accepted to raise money for the Endicott Library.
The WSU class is taught by Taiji Miyasaka, who is assisted by adjunct professor Mike Jobes.
Garth Meyer is a former Whitman County Gazette reporter.
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