Gallery: 7 Smart Ways to Design Housing That's Actually Affordable
Courtesy nARCHITECTS01My Micro New York - nARCHITECTS-Courtesy nARCHITECTS; Image Courtesy mir.no
The MY Micro NY apartments going up in NYC are assembled from modules that are built off-site, and then airlifted into the construction site with a crane.
Austin Community Design and Development Center02Alley Flats Initiative - Rich MacMath of the Austin Community Design and Development Center-Credit-Austin Community Design and Development Center
The Alley Flat Initiative in Austin, Texas, makes use of Austin’s many empty alleyways by building two-story residential apartments in them.
Peterson Rich Office and Sagi Golan039x18 - Peterson Rich Office and Sagi Golan-Credit-Peterson Rich Office and Sagi Golan
The "9 x 18” in New York City would convert unused urban space into retail outfits, or shared city parks.
Courtesy of Larry Sass04Casting Affordability - Larry Sass-Credit-Courtesy of Larry Sass
Larry Sass's Casting Affordability project is speculative, and looks into new construction technologies that could make rapid building a cheaper process.
Courtesy of ODA New York05Pier 6, Brooklyn - ODA-Credit-Courtesy of ODA New York
The Pier 6 towers in Brooklyn Bridge Park were chosen to represent the "leveraging land" section of the exhibit.
Courtesy of LOT-EK06SPACIOUS - LOT-EK - Credit-Courtesy of LOT-EK
Lo-tek, a coworking hotel in New York City, responds to the vanishing boundaries that once separated home life and work life, by offering up spaces that can double or triple in functionality.
Patrick Tighe Architecture and Bran Arifin07The Courtyard at LaBrea-Credit-Patrick Tighe Architecture Bran Arifin
The La Brea housing complex in Los Angeles was designed with computer modeling techniques that allow it to perform more ecologically, and therefore more economically.
