PROJECTS
Kamaiya Johnson, Martin Rodriguez
John Spraberry, Saylor Allen
Do-it-yourself: Trust City
How can a community land trust reshape a city? This studio section is framed around the design agenda of a hypothetical community land trust. Following the ethic that shapes such trusts, the studio will chart out how design can cultivate solidarity with the future through intervening in the housing system (legal-financial frameworks), material resourcefulness (upcycling and bio-based materials), and spatial versatility (flexible mixed-use buildings that densify the single-family fabric). As we follow the trajectory of the trust, we will design the renovation of a single house, mixed-use
building prototypes suited to prevailing lot increments, and an urban vision that sees the trust restructure the property dynamics in the city.