Numéro 141 : CAN DESIGN SOLVE THE HOUSING CRISIS?

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, also known as UN-Habitat, estimates that 3 billion people will need access to adequate housing by 2030. Satisfying that demand would mean building 96,000 new homes every day. Even if such a daunting task is possible, howshould we be building these new homes? Not the way we typically have been, appears to be the consensus. We want – and need – our homes to be more flexible than they’ve everbeen. So, what can design do? The July/August 2021 issue of Frame examines the materials, methods and master plans looking to answer these questions.