Affordable Housing
Design solutions for accessible, cost-effective housing that serves diverse communities and social needs.
Brooks Scarpa Huber Turns a Sacramento Housing Block into a Neighborhood Porch
A 67-unit net-zero affordable housing project in Sacramento replaces defensive walls with a carved-out courtyard open to its community.
ABC Studio Wraps 20 Senior Housing Units in Glazed Balconies on Nancy's Haut-du-Lièvre Plateau
A concrete social housing block in Maxéville, France, gives every senior resident a glassed-in outdoor room with panoramic views.
MAKER Architecten Weaves Social Housing into Kortrijk's Dense Urban Fabric with Brick and Restraint
A social housing infill in Kortrijk, Belgium, negotiates between existing rooftops, rail corridors, and neighborhood memory with quiet force.
Urban Nomads: Housing for On-site Migrant Construction Workers
Designing affordable housing architecture for on-site migrant construction workers through modular, dignified, and climate-responsive living systems.
Probabilis Domus: Housing Shaped by Climate, Not Celebrity
A climate-responsive housing cluster in Ludhiana replaces iconic form-making with passive strategies, shared courtyards, and affordable materiality.
Framework: A Modular Housing System That Grows With Its Residents
Anna Szczepaniak proposes an expandable residential framework where inhabitants assemble their own flats within a shared structural grid.
Housing Version 2.0: Vertical Neighborhoods That Breathe in Mumbai's Dense Fabric
A thesis project layers commerce, community, and modular housing into a single tower that reimagines dense urban living in Mumbai.
Mitti Raag: 3D-Printed Housing That Reconnects Displaced Families to Land
A 150-home neighborhood in Assam uses low-carbon concrete printing and communal planning to restore dignity after displacement.
The August Social Housing by Team V Architecture – Affordable Luxury in Amsterdam-Noord
The August Social Housing in Amsterdam-Noord offers 175 bright, affordable apartments with U-shaped design, playful balconies, and community-focused landscaped courtyards.
Design Process
This project proposes a community-sensitive design that can be adaptable to their future growth and help reduce social exclusion. It explores the impact housing can have in reducing social exclusion.
Opportuna Residential Tower: Redefining Affordable Housing Architecture in Amsterdam Nieuw-West
A sustainable residential tower redefining affordable housing architecture in Amsterdam with contextual design, efficient construction, and community-focused living.
Hexagonal Affordable Housing: Sliding Trapezoidal Cells That Reconfigure a City Block
Eighty-four kinetic modules slot into a structural grid, harvesting solar energy as they slide to reshape a San Francisco housing block.
