STUDENTS ARE BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE

Budding architects will work on Bermuda’s historic homes during summer internship
By Don Burgess

Colin Campbell is looking to the past to help preserve Bermuda’s buildings for the future. 
The regional director for design firm OBMI is launching a summer internship programme for budding architects based on a successful scheme he ran 16 years ago.
The project could see students work on historic buildings such as Tucker House, the Unfinished Church, Verdmont, ­Waterville, Tivoli, Springfield and Ships Inn.
Mr. Campbell hopes other architectural firms will unite to help the students and provide drawings that can be donated to the Bermuda National Trust.
He said: “There is a requirement to invest in the future. 
“Times and tides continue to pulse and we need, as a community, to invest in scholarship and good effort.
Ancient
“In a normal economic run, students of value present their skills sets and are absorbed by the economic community — but this isn’t a normal time.
 “In 1993, under similar economic circumstances, my partner and good friend, Maurice Terceira, and I decided something had to be done.”