Each spring semester, NJIT second year architecture students are assigned a studio project to design a masonry building with a specific program. In 2009, 9 competing studios were asked for a refined design of a public library in Hoboken, NJ and a fragment projected as a full-scale built mockup. The objective was to learn to work with skilled masons, develop construction details, select and estimate materials, and plan the actual construction of the mock-up. Upon completion, verbal and graphic presentations was held for the student body, critics, and 6 noteworthy judges. Of the five possible awards won, our studio, Team Black, one the following:

1st Place - all round design, masonry mockup, and presentation

1st Place - best mockup design

1st Place - best presentation​