Windsor High School Junior Takes First Place in Home Builders & Remodeling Association's Student Home Design

Windsor High School Junior Danielle Gozzo has won first place in the Home Builders & Remodeling Association's Student Home Design Competition on Friday, February 26, 2016 at the Connecticut Convention Center. In addition to winning the competition, Gozzo also received a $1,000 cash prize and a $1,500 scholarship.

This year, approximately 100 entries were submitted into the contest from comprehensive and technical high schools from all over Connecticut. Gozzo used many traditional model building materials such as foam core board, plastic, wood, and Styrofoam to complete her model. Using high tech equipment, Gozzo was able to fully customize her model through the use of CAD design, 3D printing and laser engraving. Many of her model's parts such as doors, windows, deck posts and railings were 3D printed on the CAD lab's Stratysys Objet24 3D printer. Gozzo’s model also contained some pieces that were cut out using the CAD lab's LaserPro Mercury III laser.

The Home Builders & Remodelers Association of Central Connecticut sponsors the Student Home Design Competition for students in grades 10 – 12 that are enrolled in design or drafting courses in public and technical high schools across the state. For more than 60 years, this competition allows students from all Connecticut high schools the opportunity to demonstrate their creative and technical skills and to be recognized for their talents. Additionally, they are provided with the opportunity to win scholarships and awards.

Each student must include a scale model home with presentation drawings that meet specific criteria. This year’s criteria was to design a three bedroom home, not to exceed 2,000 square feet of floor space, and the students must include three National Association of Home Builders Model Green Building Guidelines.

About Windsor Public Schools:

Windsor Public Schools serves nearly 4,000 students in the community of Windsor, Connecticut, a town located in north central Connecticut between Hartford and Springfield, Massachusetts. Windsor Public Schools is comprised of six schools: Oliver Ellsworth School, Poquonock School, Clover Street School, John F. Kennedy School, Sage Park Middle School, and Windsor High School. The mission of Windsor Public Schools is to develop the genius in every child and to create life-long learners. For more information about the Windsor Board of Education and any of its schools, please visit www.windsorct.org.