Westlake High School Students Competing in Model Home Contest for Scholarship

WESTLAKE, OH - Westlake High School is participating in the 20th Annual The Great Big Home & Garden Show Annual Student Model Home Design Contest. The contest will be judged at the Cuyahoga Valley Career Center in Brecksville.

The contest challenges students to design a functional home. This year's theme for the houses was The Great Urban Reuse House. Basically, students were told to design a 2,200 sq. ft. house for a Millennial or Empty Nester couple. The home should be made of an existing structure and take advantage of nearby amenities.

Using those specifications, students then create a floor plan and elevation drawings. They also create scale model homes to demonstrate their designs.

The grand prize will be a $1,000 scholarship to further education in a related field. Additional awards include the six specialty categories of Architectural Design Award of Merit, Best Presentation, Best Model, Best CAD/3D Drawings, Best Green Building, and Best Smart Home Technology.

The event will be held Jan. 27 and will begin at about 5:30 p.m. on the school's commons. Speeches and awards will be given Jan. 28 at 10 a.m. The presentation will take about one hour.

The top 10 winning models and drawings will be displayed at The Great Big Home and Garden Show, February 3-12 at the I-X Center (booth #1683).

They will be judged in 15 separate categories, including design, planning and innovations, energy-conserving features, drawing presentation, model presentation, and exterior design. Schools entered this year include Auburn Career Center, Bay Village High School, Four Cities Educational Compact (Wadsworth), Excel TECC (Mayfield Schools), Orange High School, Theodore Roosevelt High School (Kent), Westlake High School, and host Cuyahoga Valley Career Center. A panel of building industry professionals from across the area will evaluate the student designs.

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