Rowlett AFFORDABLE HOUSING . modular construction

32°47’53.5” N 96°50’07.5” W

BRIEF

A new housing solution from old neighborhood typologies. Texas Health and Human Services states that 4 in 10 low-income people in Texas are homeless or pay over half their income for rent. Market rate housing in the city of Rowlett is on average 38% too expensive to 90% of the median income population. This project allows the Rowlett Housing Finance Corporation to provide a residential context sustainable for entry-level families.

REALIZATION

Based on Smart Street principles where design begins with a pedestrian-focused street, the project layers public to private zones using patio homes (avg. 1,250 SF ea.) and detached garages / landscaped carports that target workforce families and seniors. The project is realized as a separated single-family typology in it’s first phase. This minimizes variables in measuring performance in the North Texas real estate market and micro-climate.

The construction relies on a design-build delivery method that integrates built-to-suit dwelling options with shop-fabricated modular building components. Utilizing a integrated team allows quality and healthier construction to more easily take priority and do so in a feasible and repeatable manner. Building customizations are then developed and released through building science based research and the modification of prefabricated building components can quickly adapt to zoning opportunities such as zero-lot separations and multi-family allowances. This is the solution to provide sustainable housing infrastructure to municipalities responding to the ever-widening demand of financially and ecologically resilient homes.

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