Biotope: A Mid City Low Rise Housing Project

Instructor

James Meraz

Program

Undergraduate Spatial Experience Design

Class Name

Sustainable Design Studio

This project considers issues of sustainability through the design of affordable “low-rise” housing for the city of Los Angeles. This project imagines a progressive, appealing models of low-rise, multi-family housing in America’s second-most populous city. With a focus on affordability, sustainability, and “confronting historical patterns of racial and environmental injustice in housing policy in Southern California.