IDEA Climate Justice Research: House 360 Prototypes

Architecture, Integrated Design for Environmental and Climate Justice Research (IDEA-CJR) aims to strengthen resilience in previously segregated and historically significant communities in the City of Houston most impacted by the compounded effects of environmental injustice over time. This regional disaster resilience research-based design studio in the Gulf Coast identified and addressed stakeholder needs through a regenerative, integrated design, service-learning approach (for the past 8 years). Resident homes in the Gulf Coast are disproportionately negatively impacted during extreme weather events. Fourth-year architecture students in the IDEA-CJR studio conducted qualitative and quantitative stakeholder need assessments during pre-design meetings with seniors aging in place during and after extreme weather events associated with; hurricanes, power grid failure, poor indoor air quality and flooding. Student designs of pocket communities with smart homes emerged from community-driven feedback, meetings with industry professionals in building performance and municipal leaders in Houston.

https://doi.org/10.35483/ACSA.AM.112.95

Volume Editors
Germane Barnes & Blair Satterfield

ISBN
978-1-944214-45-6