Buffelgrass adobe class presentation

Students in a School of Art special topics course will hold a public presentation May 6 from 5 to 8 p.m. to raise awareness about buffelgrass adobe bricks, and how they can be used to develop community-driven, affordable housing.

During the spring semester, students have been making adobe bricks with buffelgrass that could someday be used in low-income housing projects, while also helping remove an invasive grass that threatens native desert ecosystems and fuels wildfires.

The messy work is part of a course led by the internationally recognized media artist and activist Jacques Servin, who enlisted 10 undergraduate and graduate students to assist local buffelgrass adobe builder David Walker in realizing a decade-old vision.

• Read more about the project