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projects: Archives / February 2004
big box housing
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February 1, 2004 |
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February 1, 2004
A competition called for 16 housing units for habitat for Humanity to be designed, with the winning entry to be built. A given site, parking lot, and building envelope on a desert site on the edge of suburbia provided several constraints. Our design sought to study the issues of ‘quick culture’ and its effects on housing and society. Our entry focused on suburbia’s ubiquitous use of big box stores as inspiration for ruthless aesthetics and efficiency to provide more than the required floor area and amenities. We used big box construction methods to build to the fullest extents of the given...
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