Some real-life fieldwork was on the syllabus this spring for students in Prof. Lina Sibert's Interior Design studio course at Meredith College. Their assignment? Imagine how some of the large Victorian Houses in Downtown Goldsboro might be transformed for new owners.
Many of the houses Preservation NC has available for restoration in Goldsboro have been poorly maintained, divided up into apartments, or otherwise chopped up. The challenge for the students was to re-envision these houses as single-family homes, keeping historic fabric and character intact.
The students measured and photographed properties then worked in groups to prepare design boards with reworked plans, interior furnishing layouts, finish suggestions and perspective drawings of key rooms.
In May, the students returned to Goldsboro to present their ideas to Downtown Revitalization team members and city officials.
