The Jim Vlock First Year Building Project at Yale is a hands-on design and construction project that allows first-year architecture students to gain practical experience in creating a real building. The houses allow students the experience of working with a client and the opportunity to respond to the challenges of affordable housing and urban infill. 

In collaboration with the Friends Center for Children, this project brief called for the creation of a home for two families: one a single resident, the other a parent and child. Following a short competition at the start of our second semester, a proposal is selected and construction begins in May.