Iowa State University Students Team Up With Urbandale on City Shelter

A group of Iowa State University students gave Urbandale's Lakeview Park a makeover recently.

The city of Urbandale recently worked with 27 students studying architecture, interior design and landscaping at ISU to construct a new picnic shelter at the park, according to the Des Moines Register.

The students are part of a hands-on design studio class that takes on projects with real clients and real budgets, the article said.

The process of improving Lakeview Park began four years ago, the Register reported. The park's open-air shelter was in need of repairs following a 2010 storm.

Funding for the project came from approximately $15,650 in insurance proceeds from the damage caused to the previous shelter and about $12,000 from cell tower lease revenue in the parks improvement fund, the article said.