HUD (the US Department of Housing and Urban Development) sponsors an annual affordable housing competition. The competition is open to university students across the country.
The site chosen for this year’s competition was in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Finalists travelled to the site and met with local officials, before submitting their final designs.
A five member team from Yale University won the award. The team includes four students from the architecture program and one from the management faculty. Drawings of the winning design are posted at the Yale School of Architecture: Yale Team Wins HUD Innovation in Affordable Housing Design Competition
An interesting feature of the design is the unique financing model, which is intended to control the prices of the units. Information about the financing model were published in The Architect’s Newspaper: Yale Architecture Students Win HUD Affordable Housing Competition
