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Rethink Housing, Killian Angell, Benjamin Campbell

Goals

As a community of mostly single-family homes, Paradise lacked diverse housing opportunities. The goal of rethinking housing was a proposal for an assortment of higher-density housing and mixed-uses, strategically located, to accommodate a wider range of residents in terms of age, marital status, family situation, and economic position. Such diversity could provide a more stable future for Paradise, allowing younger workers and lower-income families the ability to both live and work there, while still keeping the town’s overall low-density character.

The projects on this poster show a range of housing types and target populations: workforce, co-housing, and senior housing. In …

Paradise Senior Co-Housing, Victor Hoyos

Studio Projects

Victor Hoyos’s Paradise Senior Co-Housing project is located at the proposed neighborhood center in the northwest of town near Billie Road. Co-housing blends independent and communal living, and as such is a means to providing an affordable housing option – as well as a sense of community – for low-income individuals. In Victor’s scheme, three rings of housing units, each combining communal living and dining facilities, surround interconnected courtyards that have been arranged to preserve the natural environment.