Grass Roots Housing

Spring 1973

The class worked as a group seeking solutions to the most fundamental problems which contribute to the housing shortage, in many countries. The proposal covered financing schemes, design, social structure, principles of ownership, and rate of growth; in addition it put forward a process in which the owner is intimately involved in the evolutionary design and construction of his own house.

References

Scientific Research 2 Items

A New Approach to Design and Construction Management

A new kind of design/construction/management process, especially for large projects, is required, which will allow the building to be conceived, designed and built so that it comes to life. Below are the ground rules of such a process, already tried ...
Dynamics of a Growing Neighborhood - Rules and Patterns for Laying out a Neighborhood

Neighborhoods and communities grow and change over time, and the effect of time on the process of its adaptation on real needs is huge, and leads to types and styles of order quite different from any planned arrangement, based on ...

Projects 1 Items

Grass Roots Housing 1973

Low Cost Housing, Designed , Completed in 1973 and implemented in various low cost housing projects

A proposal for an entirely new concept in the field of housing, written in the hope that sponsors will come forward and invest enough seed money to start a number of pilot projects. The proposal covers financing, design, social structure, ...

Reports 1 Items

The Grass Roots Housing Process - Working Draft for Discussion 2 2) Newly typed document 01/06/1973

Project, Project Report

Digitized

55-page proposal for a new concept in the field of housing, which covers financing, design, social structure, principles of ownership, and rate of growth. It includes the following sections: 1. Introduction; 2. The Housing problem; 3. The project proposal – ...