Informed by extensive conversations with industry leaders and award-winning experts in architecture, social work, and trauma informed design, alongside collaborative workshops, and in-depth interviews with women at SafeHaven, the design aims to bridge the gap between secondary research on systemic issues contributing to homelessness in the USA, and first-hand feedback from our user group and transitional housing providers.
UnityHomes is a 3D-printed housing development, tackling Texas’ domestic abuse crisis with innovative local construction technology developed in Austin, TX. Costing under $90,000 the 380 sqf house was designed in partnership with SafeHaven, Texas’s largest domestic abuse shelter provider, and validated by survivors. Collaborating with Magdalena Garibaldi, we initiated the research and design, piloting a tiny homes workshop in Brooklyn, before travelling to conduct interviews, workshops and shadowing at SafeHaven’s Shelters in Texas, to inform our design decisions.
This work was shortlisted for the IF Student Design Awards 2024 and recently published in Crisis Response Journal, as seen below.
Disciplines:
Design Research & Workshopping
3D modelling & rendering
Spatial & interior design
Architecture
