Statement

Thesis Statement

In the post-pandemic era, Los Angeles faces an increase in the number of homeless people. People are forced to live on the streets after losing their permanent housing. The help that the union rescue mission can provide is limited and cannot satisfy everyone to stay there for a long time. The government's housing assistance program for the homeless cannot be built quickly and help most people get out of hardship. The boundaries between urban public and private spaces are being used by the homeless, who have attached their tents to the fences of parking lots, the rolling shutters of stores, or the exterior walls of buildings. Meanwhile, this occupation of public space also affects the appearance of the city and the passage of pedestrians and vehicles. The difficulty of using the restroom, storage, and

daily electricity usage, can be seen as belonging to the homeless group and, on the other hand, to all civic groups. When we walk on the street of Los Angeles, we usually have a hard time finding a public restroom unless we borrow it from a convenience store or fast-food restaurant. Also, it's frustrating when we need to use our phone in an outdoor public place and find that it's dead and there's no way to charge it. These issues also affect each of us in some way. This thesis topic is about how to improve these problems from multiple perspectives. How can the homeless get a relatively stable living space in the urban gap space? How do we balance the use of public and private spaces to facilitate the homeless and citizens? How can urban infrastructure and landscape design be subtly integrated into it?