India, April 23 -- If you've ever wondered what a Lego scale model of Rice University's campus would look like, you can now visit the Welcome Center to find out.

Andrew Linhart, a senior at Brown College studying mechanical engineering, designed and built a Lego map of Rice's campus that is now on display in the front of the Rice Welcome Center.

The project comprises over 8,000 pieces, taking hundreds of hours of designing and planning and around 14 hours of total build time on the third floor of Lovett Hall to complete.

Linhart said he couldn't have done it without a little help from his friends.

"For the build process, we had a big group chat with a bunch of people and I'd post times on an Excel document," Linhart said. "They would ...