Students at the Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design plan to build and donate a tiny home to a nonprofit supporting the houseless community.
SAN ANTONIO — Science and engineering students at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) are taking what they learn in the classroom and putting it towards real world solutions. Trinity Schaefer and Elizabeth De Leon brought the Big Heroes Tiny Homes project to the university as a service project.
Soon after, architecture students Lauren Cepeda, Lorena González, Marianne Friedel, and Simran Maredia joined the team to help with the completely disability accessible design for houseless veterans in San Antonio.
“The counters themselves are a few inches below the standard, the doors are sliding doors so it’s easier for someone in a wheelchair to open them,” said Maredia.
The group expects to start construction next spring semester, then plans to donate the home to the Town Twin Villageon the city’s east side. Nonprofits are working together to turn …