February 16, 2018
Architecture students are building a house this semester, not just designing it.
Parallel Construction, a design-build architecture studio, has started the process of building a single-family home near AT&T Stadium. The house was designed by students last semester and is planned to be completed by May.
The project is sponsored by Housing Channel, a nonprofit housing organization. The house will be about 1,560 square feet and has a budget of about $150,000. After completion, it will be sold by the organization with programs in place to support the buyer, such as down payment assistance, organization president Donna VanNess said.
The house plans are based on architecture senior Annaliese Snidow’s original designs and were modified by the entire class.
Snidow said this project was different from ones she has completed in other classes.
“Someone’s going to live in there. It’s not just, like, a project,” she said.