Small Scale, Big Change

Small Scale, Big Change WHY necessity "to see" and "be seen" housing that makes people feel like individuals and not just a faceless number

Dehumanization

WANT TO BE PART OF HOMES NOT INSITITUTIONS

FRACTURE OF SOCIETY

HOUSING

SOLUTION

no sense of personal capital or skill sets

NOT YET CHRONICALLY HOMELESS/HAVE DREAMS

PEER APPROVAL/DISTRUST OF ELDERS BUT WILL LISTEN TO THEIR IDOLS OR PEERS WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH THE SAME THING

MORE THAN SHELTER

Cities of inequality and exclusivity

EMPOWERMENT

HOUSING THAT BECOMES A A PRODUCER

SWEAT EQUITY

societal breakdown

ALLOW A FRAMEWORK THAT CAN EXPAND, ALLOWS FOR SCALE CHANGES

UNDERUTILIZED LOTS

DESIGN: The lot is traditionally static. To satisfy necessary urban density need but still allow for flexibility, the lot can be fragmented and reconceptualized as a microeconomic system serving as something that is more than just shelter, but as sites of production. That is allowed to grow incrementally over time. Where the void is more than open space but is stitched with collective programming that supports informal economies and social organization. And where every resident has their own micro-house to call their own.

flexible

grow shelter

phased

owner-driven transitional

Incremental

home

PARTNERS YOUTH ENTREPRENEURS WITH NPOS, MENTORS, COMMUNITY

IDEA: Partners homeless youth entrepreneurs, mentors, NPOs to co-develop and co-own small affordable units of flexible, modular pods of live/work. Focuses on the creation of relationships to construct identity and invest at the scale of the individual.

pay-as-you go

investment

develop harmonically

step-by-step

increase in value over time

PROPOSAL: Redevlopment of underutilized lots to conduct a large scale experiment in small-scale urban development to create the home as mini-city, as microeconomy, as social space. Envisioning a new kind of neighborhood, and reimagining coexistence on a small scale.

Housing

ghettoization class warfare

ISSUE

A NEW EQUATION FOR HOUSING

Starter

CRISIS

YOUTH HOMELESS STILL HOPEFULL

INSERT SMALL SCALE CO-OPING PODS

HOMELESSNESS

HOW TO BUILD SOCIAL IDENITTY

dehumanization

CREATE AN AFFORDABLE OWNERSHIP HOUSING TYPOLOGY ALLOWS FOR CHANGES OVER TIME, POROUSNESS ALLOWS FOR FLEXIBILITY, MODULARITY REFLECTS DIVERSITY OF INDIVIDUALS PERSONALIZED, SELF-CUSTOMIZED EMPOWERMENT DRIVEN, TAKING OWNERSHIP BREEDS INVESTMENT ALLOWS FOR INDIVIDUALS TO BE PART OF EXISTING DYNAMIC CONTRIBUTERS TO GROWTH HOUSING THAT DRIVES PASSION, FUELS SOCIAL COLLABORATION AND ENABLES ENTREPRENEURSHIP

modular

without a home one loses a sense of identity

adaptable

WHAT Housing Typologies

Community Programs Tues 1:30 pm

Gardening 101

Community Initiative/ Gallery/Event Space

Wed 3:30 pm

Arts Workshops

2

Collective Kitchen

Wed 6:00 pm

Collective Kitchen

3

Live Units

Thurs 6:00 pm

Community Meeting

4

Live/ Work Units Entreprenurial Businesses

Fri

7:00 pm

Gallery Show

Sat

3:00 pm

Block Party

Sun

2:00 pm

Farmer’s Market

1

5

Mentor/Artist in Residence

6

Guest Room/Library Mon 4:00 pm

4

Yoga/Meditation 6 5

2

1

4

4

4

3

HOW DESIGNING AN ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL PROCESS NON-PROFIT AS DEVELOPER

NEW CATEGORIES OF ZONING

STANDARD R5 5,000 SQ FT LOT

ARCHITECT RESIDENTS OWNERS DESIGN

FUNDING NON-PROFIT

The total building coverage limit for all structures on a 5,000 sq ft lot in an R5 zone is 2,250 sq ft

FACILITATING PERMIT PROCESS

initial small scale (<200 sq ft) and as temporary moveable structures ensures pods a low financial commitment and minimal permit fees

resdients co-own units with NPO through limited equity coopertives

200 sq ft

This means that 45% of an R5 lot can be built upon

PERMITS

PRODUCTION PROCESS

200 sq ft

RESIDENTS OWNERS

CITY

MEDIATING FUNDING

180 sq ft

NPO evolving from social service provider into developer of affordable housing

Section 8 vouchers are utilized to pay for “rent” and construction of units

96 sq ft

45%

128 sq ft

PIXELATING THE LARGE WITH THE SMALL

PLAY

43RD

192(x2)

A FLEXIBLE FRAME OF 4 X 8 PREFAB PANELS 32 sq ft

LIVE

BELMONT

96 sq ft

41ST

45% is redistributed reimagining the scale of the neighborhood

x

NPO acquires an underutilized infill lot through a community land trust or tax liability transfer

128 + 64

32 sq ft

instead of building one large homogeneous building, the lot is fragmented into many micro-units

EASE OF TRANSPORT ON A FLATBED TRUCK

96 sq ft

1 house = 1 lot

5 ft

units can be added to & devloped incrementally over time with extra income residents generate (i.e. Ted adds a music studio over his living pod)

200 (x2)

when residents wish to move, the 1/3 of income that’s been put aside in savings can buy their pod and take it with them A loophole in the Accessory Structure code, allows the pods to act as “detached bedrooms” which can vary in size and avoid the costs and restrictions of ADU construction but unlike ADUs that can be rented, the structures are owned

5 ft

LIGHTWEIGHT AND EASY TO ASSEMBLE ON SITE

5 ft zoning setback

CONFLICT: LOTS ARE STATIC AND ZONING PREVENTS A DEVELOPER FROM FRAGEMENTING THE LOT TO ADDRESS DENSE, URBAN FARIC, AND FLEXIBILITY

UNITS UNDER 200 SQ FT

WHO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS A SITE OF PRODUCTION: Gardens Urban Agriculture

Utilizing Natural Resources

Youth Entrepreneurial Businesses

Introducing Educational Workshops

housing is more than units it is about cultural and economic support systems Music Education & Performance

Community Events Block Parties

Incremental Additions

Blurring Boundaries

Introducing Sports Dance, Yoga, etc.

Accessibility

Collective Kitchen Cooking Workshops

Generating Connectivity

LIVE /WORK FOR YOUTH ARTISTS Charlie and Anna, brother and sister, have a living pod to which they later added a second pod on top where they now have a photography and film editing suite

LIVE UNIT FOR YOUTH ARTIST Stacey, an aspiring writer, and her cat Wolfe live in their cozy book-filled pod.

Stacey loves the gardening workshops and has added a trellis for growing tomatoes.

2'

4’

MENTOR IN RESIDENCE Betty is a cooking mentor, she teaches the garden workshops and helps make meals in the shared kitchen.

She exchanges rent for her social services.

LIVE/WORK FOR YOUTH ARTIST Smitty is an amazing drummer. He recently added a studio pod to his unit so he could have a space to practice in. He hopes to someday be as good as Keith Moon!

4'

4'

LIVE/WORK FOR SINGLE MOTHER Betsy just received her yoga license. She added a pod to her unit so she can now teach yoga to the community. As a single mother she’s thrilled she finally has a place for her and her daughter to call home.

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE Shane is the artist in residence.

He teaches art classes to the youth in exchange for rent. He helps curate the gallery shows that are open to the community once a month.

3'

4'

3'