As the week comes to an end, students from the landscape architecture and regional and community planning departments wipe the sweat off their brow and prepare a presentation for the mayor of Manhattan.
This week many of the landscape and regional and community planning department students at K-State are participating in 'Design Week.' These departments have partnered with Design Workshop, a planning and design firm based in Aspen, Colo., to create and develop new proposals for the city of Manhattan.
Due to the future changes in Manhattan with the expansion of Fort Riley and the National Bio Agro-Defense Facility, the need for planning and changes is at an all-time high.
"It is projected that Manhattan will have 24,000 new residents in the future and we've decided that the project should be based on that fact," said Kurt Culbertson, chairman of Design Workshop.
Culbertson said this program started at Louisiana State University where students were invited to come in and fix a problem in the community or city.
"We are all assigned different areas of Manhattan to design a strategic plan for the thousands of residents moving to Manhattan," said Patrick Ptomey, sophomore in landscape architecture.
With tension high and creative minds at work, students in Seaton Hall seem to enjoy planning the future of Manhattan during "Design Week."
"Tomorrow we will be presenting ideas to the mayor of Manhattan, President Schulz and the city engineer; we are very excited," said Culbertson.
Culbertson said this is the ninth design week on the road and he has seen many good things come out of the planning and designs of communities.
"We all have different ranges of experience and it works well for all of us to bring together the knowledge we have of Manhattan and work together," said Tony Meyer, senior in landscape architecture.
The "Design Week" teams present to the mayor at 3 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 4.
"One thing that I hope is that this week wasn’t in vain, that we did this to help out Manhattan," said Meyer.
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