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Revitalization is in action on Putnam. Nearly every day inside the once-doomed house, you can see some of UB’s finest architecture students hard at work building out their first real home. We’re not talking models anymore.
In just over a month, this group of 14 students and their professors Brad Wales and Frank Fantauzzi have opened up a rotting, overcrowded duplex into the basic skeleton of a beautiful new home.
When they first entered the old house to begin work, it was the corpse of a building plagued with structural problems, rotting wood and filled with garbage and remnants on the last tenant's life. They got to work almost immediately clearing out the debris, tearing down drywall, and ripping up rotten floorboards.
Now, the group has the foundations of a house to work with, as they repair planks and replace rotting wood. Walking around the home-in-progress, you can see the outlines of some of the innovative designs the students created for the modern new home. You’ll be amazed to see just what they’ve come up with!
April’s edition of Buffalo Rising Magazine will have their complete story. For now, take a look at the progress they’ve made… and imagine what’s yet to come at the hands of two inspirational professors and their talented crew of students.