Designers want to put New York City's homeless in 'honeycomb pods' that attach to buildings
Framlab acknowledges that its design isn't a singular solution to the city's homeless epidemic. "The massive extent and complexity of the situation requires work on a broad regulatory and policy-making level," the team wrote. "But, it is critical that the design community is part of the process."
Other designers and architects have come up with similar proposals in different.
This summer, Portland, Oregon started piloting a project to house homeless families in tiny homes. Organizations in London and San Francisco are also converting shipping containers into homes for the homeless. And a tech worker in San Francisco has proposed putting some of the city's homeless population on a cruise ship that would stay in the Bay for two years.
The DHS spends $1.2 billion annually on homeless services, and the city's homeless shelters still don't have enough beds. Building Homed pods would likely be more expensive than just improving or expanding existing facilities.
In addition to places to sleep, New York's homeless also often lack basic necessities like food, health services, and hygiene facilities.
Many New York-based homeless advocates have argued that stabilizing rents and strengthening zoning laws would be even more beneficial than increasing the city's housing stock.
Source: Slate
There would also be neighboring pods with showers and toilets.
Each sleeping pods would include a lockable entrance, a small storage closet, a bed, a desk, outlets, and heat and air-conditioning.
The pods would be customized for various uses.
Called Homed, the project imagines scaffolding (with stairs from the ground level) that hold the pods.
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