Snack-sized skyscrapers

Yesterday, after two weeks with the Architecture for the Birds exhibition by NDSU architecture students, our atrium again became temporary home to some small-scale architectural wonders. Fifty Popsicle stick towers–created by second-year ALA students in NDSU’s architecture department, will be on display through April 10.

This short exhibition is the result of a unique challenge given to these studetns each year: constructing a tower entirely from Popsicle sticks that is equal to their own height. The results are meant to teach the students to mimic the balancing act that goes into the creation of a skyscraper, learning a valuable lesson in design and construction in the process. For the rest of us, the towers are a welcome bit of eye candy for the Atrium.