Article: THESIS PROJECT DOUBLES AS CREDIT, SHELTER

Architecture students at Virginia Tech are building a unique home for their senior thesis credit, but the real reward, the students say, comes in the form of changing ideas about housing and providing a home for a family in need through Habitat for Humanity of the New River Valley.

Architecture seniors Daniel Gussman and Brandon Lingenfelser have made their thesis project interactive by not only designing a home but also by actually building it with the help of their advisers Joe Wheeler, assistant professor of architecture, and Robert Dunay, professor of architecture and chairman of industrial design, as well as dozens of sophomores and juniors in the architecture program.

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