Affordable Housing Charrette Day 1

School of Architecture

A big group of students representing 27 majors across campus learned about the importance of affordable housing from Shannon Van Zandt, head of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, at the outset of a 48-hour charrette competition to design an affordable housing complex in College Station for Texas A&M food service, custodial and facilities employees. In the charrette, hosted in Langford A by The REACH Project, a local nonprofit organization, LAUP and numerous sponsors,…