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Building Hope

Communal housing projects promote charitable causes through interaction

Implications - With charitable causes often seeming overwhelming to participate in for the average individual, efforts to make involvement more communal and interactive help encourage action. Projects that emphasize building and community involvement provide ordinary individuals with the chance to get involved in a more physically active manner, utilizing cooperative efforts to entice people on a more approachable scale.
Trend Themes
1. Community-based Building and Involvement - Projects that emphasize communal building and community involvement encourage individuals to get involved in charitable causes on a more physically active and personal level.
2. Efficient Housing Design - Efforts to address the issue of available affordable and safe housing in crowded areas have led to the creation of small space designs that efficiently use the limited space of cities.
3. Sustainable Materials and Design - Innovative design solutions that enable the utilization of sustainable, cost-effective materials that do not skimp on quality, strength, and insulation, thereby fostering environmentally friendly and cost-efficient communities.
Industry Implications
1. Construction - Design solutions that provide sustainable, cost-effective, and efficient solutions to the building of living spaces.
2. Urban Planning and Development - Efforts to address issues related to crowded and insufficient housing in urban areas through the development of affordable and efficient housing design proposals.
3. Non-profit and Social Enterprises - The utilization of innovative design to help address social issues such as homelessness and poverty through the creation of unique and more approachable communal activities, such as community-based building.
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Featured Examples

Community-Building Balloon Art
Community-Building Balloon Art
Luzinterruptus' Water Installation Celebrates Communal Spaces
The ‘Rain Interactive’ water installation by ‘Luzinterruptus’ was set up to commemorate a public space that was once a swimming pool. The installation is made up of 800 extra... MORE
Charitable Housing Designs
Charitable Housing Designs
Casa Uno by Hans Mayr Helps Homeless Mexican Families Find Shelter
Designed by Hans Mayr, ‘Casa Uno’ provides shelter for homeless families in rural Mexico. The brightly colored abode came first in a competition put on by Casa Linda intended to address... MORE
Literary House Giveaways
Literary House Giveaways
Write a House is a Non-Profit Project Encouraging Creativity in Detroit
Write a House is a non-profit initiative that is taking over abandoned homes across the city of Detroit to offer them to writers. Although this could be construed as a sort of bribe for creative... MORE
Efficient House Design Challenges
Efficient House Design Challenges
adAPT NYC Competition Aims to Find Small Housing Model
In New York City, there are 1.8 million households comprising of one and two persons, but there are only 1 million studio and one-bedroom apartments available, which has led Mayor Michael Bloomberg... MORE
Visionary Floating Schools
Visionary Floating Schools
Kunle Adeyemi is Building Floating School in a Water-Logged Slum
An innovative architect Kunle Adeyemi is currently nearing the end of his floating school project in the African slum called Makoko in Lagos, Nigeria. The infrastructure in the water-logged slum... MORE
play_circle_filledStraw-Built Community Homes
Straw-Built Community Homes
The LILAC Community Homes are Made Entirely from Straw
The LILAC housing initiative in Leeds, England brings affordable and environmentally friendly homes to those in need. The LILAC housing community proves those in need with well-built and... MORE

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