Modular Housing
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Date
2022
Authors
HASHASH, ANAS
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Abstract
With the rise in housing prices in Palestine and in the world in
general and with the increasing population of major cities, the search
for new, better and more flexible architecture is becoming the major
interest of architects around the world.
In Palestine, traditional ways of construction are still dominating the
field, the demand for new homes is hardly met. A shortage of skilled
labor caused by working in the occupied territories, all is resulting in
sky rocketing prices of new homes.
This project aims to provide a solution for the abovementioned
challenges by exploring modular architecture to provide affordable,
customizable, higher quality and quicker homes.
This proposal that aims to tackle a set of issues that faces our
communities today which include:
• Overcrowded refugee camps that reached a limit in horizontal
expansion.
• Unhumanitarian, unhealthy conditions of life in many places in
Palestine.
• A housing crisis driven by a “race to the bottom” real-estate
market.
• Limited agricultural activities and huge reliance on illegal
Israeli settlements products.
• High rates of unemployment, and dependency on Israeli
markets.
• Long periods of construction time that doesn’t meet demand.
• Decreasing green areas in our cities