New Carver Apartments, Los Angeles
Michael Maltzan Architecture.
Good Design is for Everyone
Persons who experience homelessness vary greatly in their backgrounds, causes of crisis, and the nature of their perceptions. And not all beings that experience homelessness are humans—companion animals are also affected. Staff, too, deserve functional and humanity-supportive places to work.
These reports delve into the characteristics of selected populations whose qualities are under-examined and who would benefit from facilities that support the population's specific needs to exit homelessness.
Each report identifies the population, provides a selection of their first-person stories, and extracts practical conclusions that can help guide architectural and interior design programming and product selection.
Free downloadable reports and guidelines
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This report examines the specific issues and needs of families with children experiencing homelessness and provides guidance on how to design built environments that assist them.
This report examines the specific issues and needs of adolescent persons experiencing homelessness and provides guidance on how to design built environments that assist them.
This report examines the specific issues and needs of people who are senior in age experiencing homelessness and provides guidance on how to design built environments that assist them.
This report examines the specific issues and needs of victims or survivors of domestic violence experiencing homelessness and provides guidance on how to design built environments that assist them.
Through a partnership with My Dog Is My Home, this Part 1 report provides background research and practical strategies for designing places for people with companion animals.