Designers want to put New York City's homeless in 'honeycomb pods' that attach to buildings
Framlab
The Department of Homeless Services has attributed the record numbers to the city's affordable housing crisis and flatlining wages.
Local creative agency Framlab believes it has come up with a solution. It is proposing that the city house its homeless in honeycomb-shaped pods that attach to the windowless sides of existing buildings. Framlab calls these spaces "vertical lots."
"Although almost every square foot of space in NYC has been claimed, there still manages to exist an abundance of 'vertical lots' sitting idle," the designers wrote. "These are the blank sidewalls of buildings that emerge and disappear as new developments come and go, providing hundreds of acres of available 'land.'"
Take a look at their proposal below.
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