BECAH Framework Plan
This fall, the Brownville Education Center for Arts and Humanities (BECAH) will begin partnering with FACT (Fabrication And Construction Team) from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to create a framework plan for The Antiquarium building and grounds at 309 Water Street. BECAH manages The Antiquarium.
FACT (Fabrication And Construction Team) is a collaborative student design | build studio at UNL's College of Architecture that engages design, fabrication and construction projects with cultural and nonprofit clients. The group is a forum for exploring the complex relationships between thinking (conceiving, designing, theorizing) and making. Where academic design studios focus on ideation, conceptualization and design development, FACT explores the creative opportunities residing in the development and realization of projects.
FACT was founded in 2001 by UNL Professor Jeffrey L. Day, FAIA. Day's professional office - Actual Architecture Company - and FACT work closely on experimental projects and pro bono work for communities and nonprofit clients.
FACT has won numerous design awards, including ACSA’s first national Design Build Award in 2013, the 2016 ACSA Collaborative Practice Award, a 2019 Progressive Architecture Award, and several national and regional awards from the American Institute of Architects. FACT projects have been published widely. At the core of FACT are projects engaging places of intersection between the production and consumption of culture – where the creators and audiences meet.
Actual Architecture Company is an internationally recognized architecture and design firm based in Omaha. By maximizing the potential of academic and professional practices, and with an open mind to creative collaboration, the firm draws on backgrounds in architecture, landscape, and art to provide informed, highly considered design for a wide range of clients, sites, and projects – from individuals to art institutions, urban to rural settings, and furniture to large buildings.
At left: art CHAPEL in Lincoln, a FACT project.
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Are you interested in supporting or enhancing our partnership with FACT and the UNL College of Architecture? We'd love to hear from you!
