Cal Poly Pomona architecture students aim to address homelessness with mobile dwelling design
"The idea for us has been to create that infrastructure around it, Not just given the houses, but created that environment around that gives them employment, gives them functionality, gives them purpose, gives them hope."A group of Cal Poly Pomona architecture students develops and built mobile housing that can move around as needed. Dr. Behn Samareh who is leading the effort of the students says, "(it's) much easier to build a mobile structure, one that is not connected to the ground, much easier to build one of those in terms of code restrictions than it is attached component. A critical element is the use of land owned by the government. In this case, it's Bureau of Land Management land near the Salton Sea, which was originally developed as a trailer park, complete with infrastructure. But now, it sits vacant."
"The idea for us has been to create that infrastructure around it, Not just given the houses, but created that environment around that gives them employment, gives them functionality, gives them purpose, gives them hope."
A group of Cal Poly Pomona architecture students develops and built mobile housing that can move around as needed.
Dr. Behn Samareh who is leading the effort of the students says, "(it's) much easier to build a mobile structure, one that is not connected to the ground, much easier to build one of those in terms of code restrictions than it is attached component. A critical element is the use of land owned by the government. In this case, it's Bureau of Land Management land near the Salton Sea, which was originally developed as a trailer park, complete with infrastructure. But now, it sits vacant."
