Housing Shortage
Architectural and design solutions addressing housing accessibility, affordability, and innovative residential models.
Cuatro Cero Cuatro Arquitectura Lines Up Five Identical Beach Houses on Peru's Northern Coast
In Zorritos, five friends split a narrow beachfront lot into a modular housing complex tuned to equatorial sun and Pacific breezes.
Heim Balp Architekten and Pablo Pita Arquitectos Revive a Porto Workers' Village as 40 Hospitality Units
A labyrinthine 19th-century working-class 'ilha' in central Porto finds new clarity through subtraction, oak, and a muted grey palette.
Arqtipo Stacks Trapezoidal Brick Balconies into a Buenos Aires Housing Tower
Ten apartments on a narrow corner lot in Villa Urquiza use perforated brickwork as climate screen, privacy filter, and urban identity.
Studio Frozen Music Replaces a Generic Nashik Tower with a Stepped Brick and Concrete Housing Block
A 53,000-square-foot apartment building in Nashik, India, trades the typical floor-plate tower for staggered terraces and perforated brick screens.
Ramdam Architectes and palast Build 81 Homes from Prefabricated Hempcrete in a Nantes Barracks
A former military compound in central Nantes becomes a residential hamlet built with hemp-lime walls and a timber frame structure.
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.
Housing Problems & Objectives
From analyzing the survey data & settlement patterns, the research findings can be sorted into defining specific problems and design objectives.
Plugin House: Modular Housing Tackles Tehran's Urban Regeneration Crisis
A shortlisted prefabricated housing scheme replaces worn-out fabric in District 17 with courtyard-centered modular blocks and flexible interiors.
Yotta in Yocta: Multigenerational Living Compressed into a Narrow Urban Infill
A People's Choice winner stacks three generations across three levels in one of Coimbatore's most congested neighborhoods.
De-commodifying People: A Transgressive Approach to Social Housing in Mumbai
Redefining Housing as a Right, Not a Commodity: Creating Communities with Dignity and Equity in Mumbai.
De-commodifying People: A Transgressive Approach to Social Housing in Mumbai
Thesis Abstract
