February 28, 2018
We finally got to get the foundation set for our Parallel Construction – Design/Build project: the Casa Cortile – a single-family residence just two blocks away from the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. This video tries to capture some of the key moments during the 4-hours-long process. Mind your ears, please, some parts could be a bit noisy! Parallel Construction is the official name for the College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs – CAPPA’s Design/Build program at the University of Texas at Arlington. In its fourth year of the program (yes, that new) the students have had the opportunity to design a single-family residence, which not only follows modern architectural norms but also respects the immediate neighborhood context: all of these while maintaining strict design codes set by the City of Arlington for a house at such a small scale (which itself was its own challenge: designing small!). After a refreshing Fall semester in 2017 which involved rigorous critique and design decisions, this Spring (2018) the same students get to take an active part in the construction of the 1500 sq. ft. house.