What is Gateway Decathlon?
The Gateway Decathlon is a two-year, design-build, multi-staged, multidisciplinary competition with a primary focus on innovative housing design and construction. This competition involves teams of students led by faculty members and industry partners who collaborate on projects related to housing design and construction. It is an exciting opportunity for multidisciplinary collegiate teams to showcase their skills in designing and building innovative housing units. The overarching goal is to foster creativity, innovation, and sustainable solutions, with a specific emphasis on industrialized or off-site residential construction methodologies.
Our Mission
The Cal Poly Gateway Decathlon Team is dedicated to pioneering innovative solutions that address the pressing challenges of sustainability, energy efficiency, and climate change in California's dynamic landscape. Through our participation in the design-build competition, we commit to pushing the boundaries of affordable sustainable housing, advancing insights into industrialization, and fostering heightened awareness of environmental concerns.
Our mission extends beyond creating a prototype home; we aim to educate students, disseminate our goals globally, and maximize the event's publicity. Embracing a global perspective, we explore modularization, rapid prototyping, and collaborative digital design to optimize sustainable housing construction. Our diverse team, grounded in experience and knowledge, views this endeavor as an iterative journey toward a successful, interconnected, and environmentally responsible future.
About Us
The Cal Poly Gateway Decathlon team is an interdisciplinary group of students. The team consists of faculty members from the College of Architecture and Environmental Design and third through fifth-year students spanning across different majors including Architectural Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, and Business Administration. The Cal Poly Decathlon team is committed to delivering a project to address sustainability, affordability, and adaptability challenges by innovation in utilizing perfection techniques in design and construction. This commitment aligns with Cal Poly's overarching Learn-By-Doing philosophy, which is especially prominent in programs such as Construction Management, Architecture, and Architectural Engineering, all represented within our Gateway Decathlon Project Team.