DWELLING FOR ST THE 21 CENTURY NOMADS 1937
Redlining Practice institutionalized by the U.S Housing Act, marking the beginning of serial forced displacement across the United States
1968 Fair Housing Act (FHA) established, following the civil rights campaign against housing discrimination
2001
BEGINNING OF THE 21ST CENTURY
2003 Dell “Ranger” was sent to Iraq as part of the U.S military rangers in Iraq War
“Some people don’t want to get off the street. But here, we do. We don’t really content but more accepting to the reality. Just surviving it”
2007
“I’m just ashamed. I don’t want my daughter could possibly see this”
Steve and Katherine started living in the tunnel beneath Caesars Palace, Las Vegas
2011
End of Iraq War Dell “Ranger” came home and found out from his mother that they have nowhere to live
“Yeah, it was at first! (to feel weird living in a world underneath). But now I got to say with the culture we created. No, i don’t think it feels weird. I think we are smart to survive the way we did”
2012
Alpha Base, a self-organized homeless society in Mesa was established Dell “Ranger” was chosen as co-commander
2016
Sewerage dwellers of Maricopa County Sewerage System was found
INTERRUPTION is an act of (dis)comfort that interveres with the irrelevant normalcy The Central Ave underpass (1939) was built in relevance as structure that saves lives.Today, it serves as unoficial temporary shelter to the nomads. Domesticity needs consistency, routines, privacy, safety, and functioning as a safe womb for both a person’s memory and artifacts Memory
Artifact
CENTRAL AVE UNDERPASS E JACKSON STREET-W BUCHANAN STREET
2018 OCCUPATION DIRECT CONFLICT OF INTERESTS. The Neo-Nomads has occupied the whole structure, abruptively denying the underpass’ normal program.
2020 RESISTANCE Driven by disrupted comfort, the static settlers along with the authority RESISTED The Neo-Nomads.
2025 REHABITATION Different attempts of RESETTLEMENT into the available spaces would happened as well as multiple attempt of RESISTANCES , gradually CREATING AN ECOSYSTEM of its own.
UPPER LEVEL floor plan
2050 RECONCILIATION COMPROMISES were made. Static settlers recognized the existence of Neo-Nomads as well as their culture. Both the static settlers and the dynamic settlers found common ground in establishing new kind of dwelling.
LOWER LEVEL floor plan
2050-2100 CO-HABITATION Period where the social system and the ecosystem take control of the project.
SECTION A-A
INT 621: Fall 2017 Global Engagement Studio
Student: Jasmine Zulkarnain Instructor: Jose Bernardi