Social Housing and Urbanism

Jordan Downs Los Angeles by Mithun / Solomon architects and urban designers.

Social Housing and Urbanism. A set of case studies demonstrating the interrelationship between affordable housing and density within the city fabric. The examples are part of an archive being built for UC Berkeley’s Department of Architecture as a resource for students, architects and scholars.

Examples shown here include Java Island Amsterdam by Sjoerd Soeters; the Millbank Estate. London by Owen Fleming; the Horseshoe Estate Berlin by Bruno Taut; Karl Marx Hof, Vienna by Karl Ehn; Guidecca housing Venice by Gino Valle; Richardson SRO San Francisco by David Baker; and North Circular Road housing, London by Peter Barber.