May 4, 2018
Three bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms and a garage — architecture students built a 1,560 square foot home in about two months.
The house, dubbed Casa Cortile by the students, is a modern single-family home with white fiber cement siding, large windows and a bright red door. It sits on the corner of Truman and Slaughter street with AT&T Stadium on the horizon. The budget for the house was $150,000, sponsored by Housing Channel, a nonprofit housing task force. Materials valued at $50,000 were also donated by various sponsors.
Twelve seniors and six graduate students worked together to build the house, which the class designed last semester.
Although there are odds and ends to finish, the construction is complete. The students presented the project Friday to an architecture jury, a committee made up of professionals and academics to judge the project.
The students built the house themselves with support from professionals for aspects like the home’s plumbing, electrical work and foundation.