Building Futures Together - Q&A with KU Dirt Works Studio and Apex Engineers
When preparing for careers, there is no substitute for hands-on experience. At the University of Kansas, architecture and design students gain career-ready skills by working alongside industry professionals on real-world projects.
For over a decade, Apex Engineers has worked with architecture professor Chad Kraus’s Dirt Works Studio to create internationally recognized projects that have expanded the limits of what university design-build students can accomplish.
In the following Q & A, learn how this industry partnership has allowed third-year students at KU to make lasting impacts in the community while preparing for careers.
"Not only do we have the opportunity to help cultivate a real-world collaborative process with the studio during the design phases, but we also get to see the projects become a reality through construction."
– Michael Brunin, P.E., Principal at Apex Engineers, Inc.