Bridging LIFE
Bridging LIFE
What is IDEXlab?
Appalachian State University's IDEXlab (Integrative Design Experience Laboratory) intends to redefine traditional pedagogical approaches to the study of the built environment in higher education.
A curriculum program built around the office/studio incorporates learning objectives from multiple courses in a collaborative, interdisciplinary project environment. Working in a professional office-like setting, we participate in the role of our concentration to plan, design, build, and commission real projects for real clients, while faculty serve as both educators and facilitators.
architecture
construction
engineering
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IDEXLab Responds to 2020 Global Pandemic
04.01.2020
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App Builds a Home — App State’s IDEXlab designs zero energy ready home
06.20.2019
BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University students encountered both challenges and rewards when designing a zero energy ready house for App Builds a Home, a project to build a home from the ground up in partnership with Watauga County Habitat for Humanity (WCHH).
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Appalachian’s Integrative Design Experience Laboratory (IDEXlab) — was commissioned for the design, which pulled double duty by serving as Appalachian’s entry in the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2019 Solar Decathlon Challenge held in Golden, Colorado, in February. The IDEXlab team’s design was named as a finalist in the competition.
IDEXlab Teams Named Finalists for 2019 Solar Decathlon Design Challenge
03.01.2019
On February 27, two teams of IDEXlab students from Appalachian State University were selected as finalists in the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2019 Solar Decathlon Design Challenge in Golden, Colorado. The teams received two of the 48 finalist invitations sent to colleges internationally.
The competition challenges students to work with industry partners to design a high-performance, net zero energy-ready building to address real-world in the building industry.
Elizabethton Presentation Day!
05.04.2018
After months of hard work, the ELizabethton Team was proud to present their final schematic designs to the Town of Elizabethton! Countless hours of immersion into these two beloved historic parks (Covered Bridge and Edward's Island) paid off as resident after resident congratulated members of the team and thanked them for crafting a design that could truly "Reignite the City of Power."
mobiLANDING Grand Opening!
04.27.2018
The day is finally here! The mobiLANDING team was thrilled to welcome staff, students, family and friends to a fun afternoon of touring the mobiLANDING research site, complete with delicious cookies and some impromptu live music. Thank you to our sponsors for making this project possible!