Here are two architectural design projects both aimed at housing the homeless.
Firstly, a Slovakian design team called DesignDevelop have been designing small elevated contemporary shelter houses behind billboards. This project has been named the Gregory Project. (http://www.projectgregory.com/en/). They will be fully functioning, two room apartments all fitted into the triangular space behind the billboards. Although the team have not yet built any, they have made some visual representations of what they may look like (see below).
The other project is based in California. Gregory Kloehn has been creating tiny mobile homes from salvaged materials from fly-tippers and skips. Although far from fully-functional (they are one-roomed boxes with no facilities) they are a dry and private space for the homeless to sleep
It is refreshing to see people in an industry so wealthy spending their time and money to help the homeless in a way that also brings beauty and inspiration to the cities they live in.
By Joseph Burrell