Yale Abandons, Re-locates Vlock Building Project

Yale Abandons, Re-locates Vlock Building Project

Every year, students at Yale design and build a single-family home in a low-income neighborhood. Called the Vlock Building Project, it’s one of the longest-standing and most admired public-interest design-build programs in the US. Unfortunately, it’s under threat. A/N reports professor Paul Brouard was assaulted and robbed on-site in Mid-May (he has since recovered). Despite the desires of dept. head Robert A.M. Stern, Yale University demanded the project be abandoned and re-located to an approved neighborhood. Did Yale make the right decision? Let us know what you think after the break.

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Cite: Vanessa Quirk. "Yale Abandons, Re-locates Vlock Building Project" 26 Jun 2013. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/394151/yale-abandons-re-locates-vlock-building-project> ISSN 0719-8884

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