How can we build flexible, sustainable, and programmatic affordable housing models to provide a symbiotic relationship between our citizens and their neighborhoods?
This research project investigates the risk topic of affordable housing and how the increasing population of cities drives a bigger gap between the demand for affordable housing and the funding from city councils. The hypothesis is that cities will need new flexible, sustainable, and programmatic solutions for the new housing models they develop. This is where parasitic architecture could act as a viable solution due to its nature as a flexible and sustainable option. Furthermore, the project offers a computational design tool where city councils can pick and choose host buildings for their parasites based on a variety of parameters that they can customize for their particular situation. The more we can integrate people within the community (and the faster we can do so), the more opportunities we can give to our citizens.