Small Town Housing Design Strategies

PARTNERS: IMPACT LUFKIN

FACULTY: JAMES MICHAEL TATE, JOHN T. COOPER, JR.

STUDENTS: SHANE BUGNI, STORMY HALL, ROB WILLIAMS

Lufkin, a community in rural East Texas faces a number of housing challenges linked to the environment, cost, and accessibility

Grounded in local economic and cultural considerations, the project explores a series of residential unit prototypes that support the efforts of Impact Lufkin The project team considered units that could support individuals, particularly units that would allow for aging in place; and single-family units that address concerns of durability, efficiency, and energy performance

Catalyst: Impact Lufkin, a local non-profit organization focused on resources and programming for the North Lufkin neighborhood, a historically African American community, sought to re-envision an abandoned golf course in 2016. Through discussions with elected officials, the need to explore workforce housing and affordable

Outputs

Schematic and Design Development

Drawings

Models

Architectural Design Recommendations for a range of housing unit typologies/

Outcomes

AIA Brazos Unbuilt Design Award

ACSA National Conferences

Initiated conversations with the local timber manufacturing industry about opportunities to integrate locally manufactured building products

Mass Timber Wood Design Faculty Development