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GREYSEN BABBITT, an architectural design student from Topsham, selected the Zakim Bridge for its unique design.
GREYSEN BABBITT, an architectural design student from Topsham, selected the Zakim Bridge for its unique design.
TOPSHAM

A student attending art college in Boston has the chance to make every day Prince Spaghetti Day.

As part of its 100th anniversary celebration, Prince Pasta — once known for its famous ad slogan, “Wednesday is Prince Spahetti Day” — invited students from MassArt’s Studio Foundation class to participate in the Prince Pasta Art Contest.

Four students participated, creating oneof a-kind pasta art inspired by Boston landmarks, including the Swan Boats in the Public Garden, the Leonard P. Zakim Bridge and the Paul Revere Statue in Boston’s North End.

Greysen Babbitt, an architectural design student from Topsham, selected the Zakim Bridge for its unique design and the complex construction issues it posed, specifically the shape of the towers and how to make them strong enough to sustain the “road” below.

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Babbitt obtained the original drawings of the Zakim Bridge from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to make sure his design was as accurate as possible.

The pasta company asked the school to recommend students who might be able to build the kind of sculpture that was being looked for, and Babbitt was one of the four students chosen.

“I thought it would present some interesting sculptural and engineering problems,” he said. “It was a rewarding learning experience.”

Babbitt said if he wins, he would use the money to build a greenhouse in the back of his mother’s home in Topsham.

“I plan to use my own design, and use some plastic panes that would allow for heated, year-round growing,” he said. “It will be good practice for efficient architecture, the kind I’d like to design.”

The contest ends Wednesday, Oct. 2. The artwork will be on display throughout the month of September, and the public is invited to vote on their favorite.

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The winning artist will receive a $5,000 scholarship from Prince Pasta.

Student artwork is viewable on MassArt’s website at http://www.massart.edu/About_MassArt/News/Prince_Pasta.html

To vote, visit http://prince.newworldpasta.com/100thanniversary/vote.cfm


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