July 2016 Member of the Month

15 years ago, when I first visited the French Quarter I fell in love with the architecture of the city; back then, a friend suggested the idea to replicate the architecture of the houses to be sold, it would be a little facade made of wood, so you could take Nola with you. We tried something but soon the idea faded away but not from my mind, I kept taking pictures of shotgun houses and iron railings every time I could, even buying and reading architecture books devoted to New Orleans. Fast forward to present time, and living permanently in the city, I knew what I wanted to do, I just didn’t have the tools and the know how, I knew there were new technologies available out there. I was surfing the internet when IDIYA entered the picture, the minute I was there (literally), all the pieces came together; a workspace full of tools and technologies that will allow me to finally, fifteen years later, work on the prototype. With the guidance and support from the IDIYA staff, that old dream saw the light, I liked the houses so much that I presented a Creole Townhouse to the Flea Market at the French Market and they approved it to be sold right there, across the street where the idea began. Thanks IDIYA.