Salt Lake City has partnered with the Other Side Academy to build a tiny home village to house the homeless complete with shops, Airbnbs, a downtown area, and more.
4 International Civic-Minded Projects
Youth Activity Center in Beijing by Moguang Studio. Photography by Xi Zhi.
Firm: Moguang Studio
Project: Youth Activity Center, Beijing
Standout: The former clothing-factory complex 12 buildings comprising 68,000 square feet maintains its original two-courtyard layout, emphasizing the structures’ interrelationships with elevated metal walkways, corridors, and small transitional squares that link activity and accommodations zones into a three-dimensional, continuous landscape experience.
Chandler Boulevard Bridge Home Village in Los Angeles by Lehrer Architects. Photography courtesy of Lehrer Architects.
Alexandria Park Tiny Home Village. Image Courtesy of Lehrer Architects
In February, Lehrer Architects completed Chandler Boulevard Bridge Home Village, its first transitional housing project. Alexandria Park Tiny Home Village, the second deployment of the experimental solution, this time at a scale twice bigger, is nearing completion and will accommodate 200 residents. A third transitional housing project is currently under construction. The developments represent an intermediary step in the city’s strategy of helping homeless people access permanent housing. The defining feature of the projects is the use of colour, which turns the strictly functional solution into a visually stimulating space that can foster a community.
The 39-unit Chandler Boulevard Bridge Home Village was created to house LA s unhoused population.
Prefabricated homes are increasingly being used to address the homelessness crisis in the US.
A once forgotten corner in North Hollywood, California, has been given a colorful makeover to house Los Angeles homeless population using prefabricated tiny homes.
The process of creating a prefabricated home in a factory or warehouse naturally lends itself to be more economical, eco friendly, and speedier than building a traditional home. As a result, prefabricated units are increasingly seen as a potential solution to both the US inaccessible housing market and the homelessness crisis caused by natural or personal disasters.
The Chandler Boulevard Bridge Home Village, located in North Hollywood, was built in just 13 weeks as an emergency response to the city's housing crisis.