Designing for the Invisible: Home Environments for Children Living in Public Housing

Designing for the Invisible: Home Environments for Children Living in Public Housing

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Main Author: Storrs, Molly E.
Language:English
Published: University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK 2012
Subjects:
Architecture
public housing
children
poverty
safety
home
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1336763080
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-ucin13367630802021-08-03T06:15:19Z Designing for the Invisible: Home Environments for Children Living in Public Housing Storrs, Molly E. Architecture public housing children poverty safety home <p>Public housing is often insensitive to the needs of its occupants due to architectural design processes which exclude the urban poor. Housing, as a typology, has yet to respond to the growing number of single parent families. In 2009, 26 percent of US children lived in a family headed by a single female. This project seeks to elaborate on principles of design to provide a higher quality of life for the households of single parent families living in public housing. Unlike other housing typologies, public housing possesses the unique ability to assign families to specific environments. This is an attribute not fully recognized or appreciated by local housing authorities. Children need different environments at different ages in order to develop and flourish optimally. As easily as children could be assigned to an appropriate environment, they are usually assigned to ill-suited environments, which have impacted them in ways still not fully understood or evaluated. </p><p>Additionally, it is in the best interests of the local housing authorities (which generally own these buildings) to have public housing designs that are durable, low maintenance and spatially flexible. While this project does not aim to fix the social problems associated with public housing, it does aim to challenge the negative perceptions associated with public housing and create a supportive environment for the children living in single parent families.</p> 2012-09-24 English text University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1336763080 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1336763080 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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topic Architecture
public housing
children
poverty
safety
home
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public housing
children
poverty
safety
home
Storrs, Molly E.
Designing for the Invisible: Home Environments for Children Living in Public Housing
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