SOCIAL HYBRIDS: NEW HOUSING + social infrastructure TYPOLOGIES
Preserving
social equity with new housing + infrastructure typologies
TEAM / Dima AlRahis, Andrew Finney, Tanner Harty
INSTRUCTOR / Patrick Craine
MY ROLE ON THE PROJECT: Research lead, digital presentation graphics, script writing during research phase. Digital presentation graphics, script writing, and Jefferson Court design during design phase.
THE ART OF DISPLACEMENT:
Over the last two decades housing hybrids have developed in transitional neighborhoods to re-associate them from crime and blight to luxury-oriented enterprises and walkable urban destinations. A by-product of redlining and historical segregation, these housing products are developed only for NEW higher-income residents, fragmenting the social landscape as they create alternate realities within existing neighborhoods. Social infrastructure is erased as luxury goods and services replace practical necessities. EXISTING residents and businesses are displaced by soaring property values. Towering apartments and townhomes quickly replace equitable, existing building stock. A new neighborhood is born.
Social Hybrids resolves tensions between EXISTING and NEW residents in transitional neighborhoods with new housing and social infrastructure strategies. Focused on the Bishop Arts Neighborhood in North Oak Cliff, mixed housing options and social infrastructure foster natural interdependencies and social interactions. These incremental strategies transform single-family lots and existing rental properties by integrating neighborhood amenities and mixed housing solutions for working class, middle class, and luxury lifestyles.
1.Jefferson Court
A 1970's era courtyard apartment complex is retrofitted with single resident occupancy, luxury, and re-furbished units. These modular units allow for an incremental makeover that, over time, facilitates mixed income housing options. The courtyard is activated as a common space for all residents with common amenities such as shared kitchens, washroom coffee shops, and a bar with linen dryers. The adjacent lots are filled in with community gardens, bee farms, maker spaces and new townhomes. Ultimately this low-income housing block of rental units preserves its existing housing stock while transforming into a mixed income village of rental units and single family homes.
2. Single-Family Lot Conversions:
The single family lot conversion strategies propose solutions for lots with existing structures and vacant lots. Lots with existing structures and single-family homes, backyards are transformed into neighborhood amenities that generate income for existing residents and allow new housing solutions to allot less square footage for fitness, laundry, and kitchens. The Lofted House hybrid allows existing single family homes to remain, with two models targeting different price-points.
3. Jefferson Alley:
A block of the nearby commercial district is converted from single-use commercial buildings with street-facing frontage only, to a mixed use block with additional frontage along the alley and residential units stacked above. The main anchor of the block, FAMSA furniture store is partially repurposed into FAMSA mini market along the street and micro-retail units along the alley. The Furniture Store serves as a public / private space, facilitating movement between the street and alley. Market-rate residential units above ranging in size from micro to large condos to accommodate a variety of market demands. Lastly surface parking lots are converted into outdoor amenity spaces, including a parking garage with restaurants and retail space integrated throughout.