What

More than 60 architecture students will attempt to create a cardboard building using more than 1,000 cardboard boxes. If successful, they will break a national cardboard structure record of 566 boxes held by students from Harvard University . The record is posted on the website recordsetter.com.

When

9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Friday, April 20

The completed structure will be also be on display from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 21 during UNLV's Festival of Communities

Where

UNLV Student Union Courtyard (between the Student Union and the Bookstore)

Details

UNLV students have been preparing for weeks to manipulate the cardboard into realistic architectural concepts, using lessons learned in a fundamentals of design course.

The structure will resemble rooms of cardboard boxes woven into each other or molded into furniture, plants, bookcases, seating areas and more.

Students and organizers of the event also hope to promote the concept of green living, by creating this structure using all boxes recycled on the UNLV campus.

Students will begin building at 9 a.m. Friday and plan to be finished by 11 a.m. The event will be captured on a time-lapse video and posted on recordsetter.com if the record is broken.

Media

Media are invited to attend. Please contact Megan Downs at (702) 895-0898 for more information.