By Jainish Patel,
Guided By Wesley Jones.
Los Angeles County’s homelessness crisis is not merely a deficit of housing, but a failure of deployment, scalability and urban integration. This thesis proposes a system driven architectural framework that prioritizes modular logic over formal expression to deliver rapidly deployable, cost efficient, and socially integrative housing. Using a base module, the project develops a flexible unit matrix capable of accommodating diverse household types while optimizing shared infrastructure through stacking and service spines. The system is designed for adaptive reuse and infill across underutilized parcels, vacant lots, and warehouse typologies, enabling distributed deployment at scale of 72000 units. By incorporating communal and liminal spaces, as well as mixed use programmatic element, the proposal positions transitional housing as an embedded and continuous layer within the existing urban fabric, rather than an isolated intervention. Ultimately, the thesis argues that systemic architectural strategies can reconcile speed, dignity, and urban continuity in addressing homelessness.
