Home Grown Process book
Justin Hollar Charles Gulan Tim Harris Brian Lanier
Home Grown Process book Research P0. Overview research on gentrification and the systemic issues of homelesness What woud it cost to house the homeless? Bay area housing statistics Who is experiencing homelessness? What are the systemic issue sof homelessness? P0.5 Goals and Requirements Copy from presentation
Development P1. Build dymaxion home and lifting up the transitional homeless population to model right living Model sustainable housing Model low footprint Model local culture Model quality but simple materials
P3. Urban farm Delivers focused CSA model to community Utilizes composting Delivers food security Develops community Offers job skills through farming Offers therapeutic activities through farming Case Studies: Homeless Garden Project, San Jose Urban Farms, Civic Codes for 2020, Veggielution, Downtown Streets Team
Project system was too large for the scope and lacked depth of a single product system P4. Home Grown How do you grow mushrooms? What do we know about mushrooms? Mushrooms are valuable Developing the growth methods for learning Devloping the integration into society
Proposal lacked depth, detail, and impact P2. Provide System infrusctructure Develop low cost energy production Develop community compost collection Grow on farm garden for free food Sell CSA model to fund solar panels
Concept failed to meet project requirements
Refinement Focus on benefit to the homeless community P5. Home Grown Integrating into society through organization refining the places for learning within Home Grown Making it recognizable Making it feasible
Research
Background Right now there is an enormous housing crisis, a growing homeless community, and solutions that are ready for implementation.
Background The primary driver of homelessness in the San Jose Bay Area is tied to the housing crisis as opposed to mental illness or drug abuse.
Copyright Santa Clara County Census 2015
Areas to Explore In order to design successful housing solutions for homeless and future gentrified generations, this project will explore optimal energy capturing technologies, environmental architectural modes, and methods to develop human community.
Opportunity Area A growing number of opportunities exist to design alternative living or communal spaces for Silicon Valley’s connected and work-heavy culture. It isn’t necessary for each person to own a home with 2.5 bathrooms - but it is beneficial for every people to be sheltered.
Design Objectives The culmination of these efforts should result in homes that require less overhead to run (by capitalizing on what nature has given for free), making it easier for those who may have not had the best of luck to get back on their feet.
Conclusion This project will produce solutions that house the homeless to help solve the housing crisis by putting those marginalized by the rising cost of living into model homes for sustainable living that can be followed by Silicon Valley.
Research HUD secretary says a homeless person costs taxpayers $40,000 a year By Molly Moorhead on Monday, March 12th, 2012 at 3:59 p.m. “The thing we finally figured out is that it’s actually, not only better for people, but cheaper to solve homelessness than it is to put a band-aid on it,” Donovan said in the March 5, 2012, appearance. “Because, at the end of the day, it costs, between shelters and emergency rooms and jails, it costs about $40,000 a year for a homeless person to be on the streets.”
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/mar/12/shaun-donovan/hud-secretary-says-homeless-person-costs-taxpayers/
564,708 people in the U.S. are homeless. According to a recent report, over half a million people were living on the streets, in cars, in homeless shelters, or in subsidized transitional housing during a one-night national survey last January. Of that number, 206,286 were people in families, 358,422 were individuals, and a quarter of the entire group were children. 83,170 individuals, or 15% of the homeless population, are considered “chronically homeless.� Chronic homelessness is defined as an individual who has a disability and has experienced homelessness for a year or longer, or and individual who has a disability and has experienced at least four episodes of homelessness in the last three years (must be a cumulative of 12 months). 47,725, or about 8% of the homeless population, are veterans. 1.4 million veterans are at risk of homelessness. 550,000 unaccompanied, single youth and young adults under the age of 24 experience a homelessness episode of longer than one week. Fifty percent of the homeless population is over the age of 50. 830,120 year-round beds are available in a range of housing projects. About half of those beds are dedicated to people currently experiencing homelessness. This includes
http://www.socialsolutions.com/blog/2016-homelessness-statistics/
Development
Goals and Requirements Design Goals: Create a job or task that involves residents from the homeless community having a connection and interacting with the surrounding local community. Working with the surrounding local community to increase the productivity of the composting process to enhance food security of those living in the homeless community. Reduce the negative perception on the homeless community by showcasing a sense of professionalism and pride. Design Opportunities: A waste collection system that is capable of transporting and storing a large amount of the waste collected. It should be able to be easily cleanable and simple to use. It will be used around local neighborhoods so it should reduce the negative stigma towards homelessness. A food waste product that allows the user to collect compostable waste easily, and then cleanly and conveniently have it transported and collected by the food waste system for the homeless community. A yard trimming collection removal product that can be easily implemented in the homeless community
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brian lanier justin hollar charles gulan timothy harris
Breaking Ground
Mycilium Support Network Urban Farm Energy Sustaining Framework
Dymaxion Home
Shacking Up
Making Connections and Building Momentum Quality of life improvement: Creates job opportunities, teamwork experiences, customer facing interactions, and consistent accountability to a supervisor.
Economic improvement:
Short term valuable product Short term valuable outreach and information Long term valuable job skill development Long term decrease in homeless Community integration and engagement
Social Improvement:
Community interaction reduces stigma towards homeless Outreach increases awareness about mushroom Multiple interaction points for community inclusion
Key Findings Homelessness and joblessness go hand in hand. Lack of job skills, recent work history, social support network and low self esteem all make the transition out of homelessness more difficult. The integrated approach of these homeless gardening projects have proven to address these needs.
Job training lays the foundation for long term change
through programs that provide transitional employment and support services to people who are homeless. In addition, the programs offer vibrant education and volunteer program for the broad community and blends formal, experiential and service-learning.
Urban agriculture has a wealth of health, social, environmental, and economic benefits Intended to preserve agricultural land, improve the community’s access to healthful foods, promote local and ecologically sound food production, and support the ability of farmers in the region to sell their produce locally. Quality food access is crucial in development of successful communities Our approach furthers the development of healthful communities by encouraging the operation of farmer’s markets, urban farming activities, and increasing the availability of locally grown, healthy food.
Wayfinding Stepping Stones
Interactive Modules
Open Workspaces
Mentorship
Mobile Deployment
Inside
Outside
To-Go
Wayfinding
Stepping stones refining the components in the product hierarchy
Mentorship
Create teaching moments Teamwork by design Learn by observation
Mobile Deployment
community intigration symbol of transformation address missinformation and stigma
Open Workspaces Open and inviting workspace transparent design workspace environment
Interactive Modules
Encorporate the process into the design Must teach to the participants
A place to grow Stackable bins Great for learning and adaptability Bad for scale and feasibility
Rotomolded housing Great for scale, learning, and adaptability Bad for feasibility
Flat pack form Great for scale, learning, and feasibility
A place to show
Final design
Final design
Final design
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Growing outdoors Boom Done! But is it real?
© Rachel Ignotofsky
Growing together
Refinement
Home Grown Funguys Brian Tim Justin
Goals and requirements Functional and System goals Quality of life improvement:
Creates job opportunities, teamwork experiences, customer facing interactions, and consistent accountability to a supervisor
Economic improvement:
Short term valuable product Short term valuable outreach and information Long term valuable job skill development Long term decrease in homeless Community integration and engagement
Social Improvement:
Community interaction reduces stigma towards homeless Outreach increases awareness about mushroom Multiple interaction points for community inclusion
Aesthetic Requirements Inviting Simple/Stable Serviceable Durable/Quality Professional/Non-Industrial Obvious/Transparent Friendly/Approachable
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why mushrooms High valuable pound for pound High demand low supply Under innovated
finding space, creating community, and reconnecting people with food
Fungi Farm by Home Grown
1/5th Scale model
1/5th Scale model
Clearly Structured Rails support and align tubes Slots provide consistent points to harvest
Make your own moisture
partnering with Veggielution
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