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Adaptive Assemblies: A Scalable Solution To Atlanta's Housing Crisis, Claudia Aguilar
Adaptive Assemblies: A Scalable Solution To Atlanta's Housing Crisis, Claudia Aguilar
Bachelor of Architecture Theses - 5th Year
Our home city of Atlanta is experiencing levels of growth that surpass anything we have witnessed in the last century. It is projected that within the next ten years the city will grow by 2.5 million people to a population of 7 million. With the surge of population influx reaching a record high of 2% growth per year, the available housing is practically bursting at the seams. Supply is low and demand is high. In effect, the average one-bedroom apartment runs for 1,800 dollars per month. The city is desperately seeking new opportunities to provide affordable housing at an expeditious …
Modular Adaptivity : The Plug-In Apartment, Bryce Stegmayer
Modular Adaptivity : The Plug-In Apartment, Bryce Stegmayer
Bachelor of Architecture Theses - 5th Year
Within current architecture, many buildings are seemingly just copies of an original design that hasn’t changed in the slightest in ages. It will be placed on a site and left there to fulfill its single purpose. When this purpose is done, the building will become vacant and will be an everlasting mark of how we don’t think ahead. I’ve come to know these buildings as “one and done” architecture. They are a contradiction to the concept of sustainability and lack any foresight for their future impact. This thesis is an approach to make a change to this previous way of …