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Rhode Island School of Design

2020

Collective living

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Living Together : Revisiting The Sro + New Forms Of Collectivity, Elizabeth Parker May 2020

Living Together : Revisiting The Sro + New Forms Of Collectivity, Elizabeth Parker

Masters Theses

The current affordable housing crisis has reached a boiling point. Home prices are increasing at double the rate of wage gains, and almost half of all renters in the United States are considered costburdened (spending 30% or more of their income on rent). There simply isn’t enough affordable housing available to meet the growing demand and people are being priced out. The housing market, as it stands, is in desperate need of re-examination.

Options that better reflect the demographics of growing cities and promote inclusion are of vital importance for a sustainable future.

This directed research project responds to the …


Urban Village Compound : New Collectives In Shenzhen, Lu Yu May 2020

Urban Village Compound : New Collectives In Shenzhen, Lu Yu

Masters Theses

This thesis proposes a new type of public space in Shenzhen's urban villages, in order to offer various community activities and evoke people's memory of collective life. This collective life of the urban village's residents has been ignored during the rapid urbanization process of Shenzhen.