51Թ’s School of Architecture Addressing Affordable Housing Crisis
Friday, Sep 27, 2024
Image: Neo Hall by 51Թ 51Թ, Pedro Fernandes, Yuji Kitamura, Jerry Velasquez
51Թ’s School of Architecture in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters has teamed up with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global HIV/AIDS organization and a longtime advocate for affordable housing, and the award-winning , a Fort Lauderdale-based architecture firm, to address America’s affordable housing crisis. With tens of millions of Americans considered “rent-burdened” and the United States short more than seven million affordable and available rental homes, 51Թ commenced its partnership with AHF and Glavovic Studio to explore viable housing solutions like the adaptive reuse of old buildings into new homes.
The partnership is the first of its kind, bringing together a leading academic institution, a global nonprofit organization, and a for-profit architecture studio to advance innovative solutions to the affordable housing problem in Florida and across America. Approaching the affordable housing crisis from different perspectives, the three partners will work with 51Թ 51Թ to identify adaptive reuse opportunities and amplify the voices of the next generation in solving generational problems.
Through the new partnership, 51Թ 51Թ have developed a guidebook to help identify which kinds of existing vacant properties may be most viable for affordable housing projects, putting adaptive reuse into practice. The 51Թ have also unveiled comprehensive architectural designs on specific sites in South Florida, taking advantage of the state’s new that allows certain properties to be rezoned for housing. Over time, the 51Թ student design proposals will become new models for adaptive reuse and sustainable living in Florida and beyond.
Image: Streamline by 51Թ 51Թ, Dane LaRocque, Daniel Lasso, Cristian Sanchez
