Thesis Defense - Urban Design Factors on Quality of Life in Permanent Supportive Housing
Urban Design Factors on Quality of Life in Permanent Supportive Housing
Thesis Defense
Autumn 2023
Introduction
Context, PPS&Q,
Literature Review
Quick synopsis
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Methodology
Mixed-Methods quantitative & qualitative
Results
See characteristics of PSH communities
Takeaways
Context
Housing as a System
Intersection of multiple systems
Sociology & Community Economic Physiological Shelter Architecture & Planning
Health Culture & Identity Sustainability Policy
Introduction
Introduction
PPS&Q & Context
Problem
Rising homelessness and increasing demand for shelter.
Purpose Statement
Understand design impacts on housing recovery in PSH.
Question
How does design impact quality of life for PSH residents.
Hypothesis
Traditional design is not meeting the needs of formerly chronic homeless individuals in PSH.
Permanent Supportive Housing
Durable comprehensive housing given without time limits to help individuals exit homelessness. Housing is without conditions, but does offer optional ‘wraparound’ supportive services such as counseling, health-care, and substance abuse treatment to meet individual needs where the client is at.
Literature Review
Lit Review Overview
Psychological & Metaphysical
Housing recovery, health, & identity
Psychosocial
Legacies of discrimination & hostile B.E.
Physical Built Environment
How does design engender the goals of PSH?
History & Legacy
American History of Poverty & Puritanical ideological roots of attitudes towards poverty
Institutional Design & Spatial Segregation
Question of what to do about ‘public neighbors’
-Colonial settlements = ‘waned out’
-Jeffersonian Times = given land to work
-Institutions
-Almshouses
-Workhouses
-House of Correction & House of Industry
-Asylums
West Coast = Missions
-Panoptic Design
-Spatial Determinism
Panoptic Design
Hoovervilles
Early 20
Spatial Segregation
Physically removing ‘problematic neighbors’
-Original Almshouse (1662)
-Leverett St. Almshouse (1800-1825)
-Deer Island (1847) -House of Industry (1852)
-House of Industry (1825 – 1847)
-House of Reformation
-Lunatic Asylum
-Hospital
-Asylum for the Blind (pre 1847)
Mid 1800’s
-Massachusetts General (1818) Deer Island
New McClean Hospital
Discrimination in the Built Environment
Systemic removal and displacement
Staircase vs. Housing First
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98% Individuals acceptance of PSH in Seattle when offered.
FailPoints
At Home / Chez Soi study
Housing
Transitional Housing
(<2 years)
Treatment
Emergency Shelter
(30 – 60 Days) (30 Days – 9 mo.)
Homelessness
+ Greater feelings of acceptance and + Increased utilization of services
Chief Seattle Club
Cost of Housing
Cost is a barrier to meeting scale
Dockside Apt’s
Salmonberry Lofts
Burbridge Place
Sense of Home
Cultural, Sociological, and Psychological Concept
Access to ‘normal stuff’
Having access to ‘normal stuff’ can help in creating routines and reconnect with hobbies.
Identity Construct
Gives us a base point to orient the construction of our identity.
Structure
While housing is composed as a physical structure, a house does not make a home.
Cultural and Emotional Significance
We include cultural elements in our homes that reinforce traditions, rituals, and hold symbolic meaning
Stability of land tenure across homeownership, rentals, and informality Tenure
Personalization
We change our homes to reflect ourselves, to help create routines.
Traumatic experience of being forcibly removed from Losing connectedness to communities and ones home.
Misconception that homeless individuals ‘don’t want
Ontological Security
National Demographics King Co. Demographics
emotionally harmful or life-threatening with lasting adverse effects on the individuals functioning and mental, physical, social,
Developed between Shopworks Architecture & University of Denver
Trauma Informed Design
Process intends to incorporate voices and personalities of homeless individuals in the design process. The important final step is post-occupancy evaluation and lessons learned for designers.
Guiding Principles
Dialectical Conversations
Methodology
Data Acquisition
Obtained PSH Data
Data Cleaning
Cleaned the data and limited down to City of Seattle.
Visualization
Looked at initial housing data
Site Selection
Typologies were created and sites selected.
Spatial Data
Acquisition
Obtained necessary spatial data associated with selected sites
Site Observation
Organized site observations and distilled notes.
Data Analysis
Analyzed site data using both observation and spatial data.
Synthesized recommendations for PSH design. Recommendation
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DESC Sites Selected
Kerner-Scott
1811 Eastlake
Morrison Hotel
Evans House
Nav. Center
Estelle
Rainier House (control)
Selected PSH Communities
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Results
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Heatmap of PSH
Kerner-Scott House 1811 Eastlake Navigation Center