Y House
Student-initiated, Yale’s first-ever Solar Decathlon team. 2013 -2015.Advisors: Michelle Addington, Michael Oristaglio
Team Leads: Kate McMillan, Juan Pablo Ponce de Leon
Team Members: Robert Loweth, Sam Kaufman, Eliza Dach, Sijia Yang,
Elizabeth Qi, Edward Wang, Lori Kaufman, Victoria Ereskina, Maddie Landon
The 750-sq ft Y-House was Yale University’s inaugural entry and one of 20 finalists in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon 2015.
Having this formative experience early on in my architectural design career was as challenging as it was rewarding. As the team’s co-founder and project manager, I coordinated BIM and drawings internally as well as with a range of consultants, product specialists, and prefab facilities.