All summer long, first-year graduate students at the Yale School of Architecture have been blogging about their progress building an affordable, accessible owner-renter residence in New Haven. This week, we present the final installment of the Yale Building Project blog. Click here to read the series in its entirety—and, as always, leave your thoughts in the comments form below.

Click for a larger image. Photos: courtesy the Vlock First Year Building Project

As we ramp up in fervor and productivity to the imminent finish line, this final blog post is a tour of the house, melding concepts and thoughts. To give a holistic and cohesive view of how the Building Project is solidifying as the final week of construction approaches, I asked my fellow summer interns to help create a virtual tour of the house. Here is a raw glimpse inside: Read more…

Every Monday until mid-August, first-year graduate students at the Yale School of Architecture are blogging about their progress building an affordable, accessible owner-renter residence in New Haven. Click here to read the previous posts.

Voting slips from exterior-cladding pattern decision, Type C / June 20. Photos: courtesy the Vlock First Year Building Project

The unfinished shell of the house stands before us, a testament to the many decisions that have been made and those that still remain. It seems silent, waiting for the materials and colors that will define and bring life to the frozen form. I am sure that each of us walks through with a different image in our head even six weeks from completion, but that is part of the beauty of this open organizational structure. The initial pressure in decision making from the SIP shop drawings back in early May has faded, and without a cut-and-dry standard we continue to make our way toward determining the design of our house. Read more…