La problemática habitacional actual de la ciudad de Buenos Aires gira en torno a dos fenómenos: la precariedad y los desalojos, en un contexto que se concibe de emergencia habitacional. Como reacción a esta situación, algunos organismos institucionales y ciertas organizaciones sociales con anclaje territorial en la zona sur de la ciudad comenzaron a llevar adelante acciones de resiliencia frente a los desalojos masivos que, como consecuencia de la presión inmobiliaria, afectaban a los hoteles, pensiones, inquilinatos y casas tomadas de esta zona de la ciudad.

NRC interviewed 580 Syrian refugee households in Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq to assess their potential Housing, Land and Property (HLP) claims inside Syria if they were to return home.

The Isihlangu Towers were designed to meet the challenge of building a tall wooden building suitable for a hot and humid climate.

The Nksoi Market design holistically addresses the potential of forestry, materiality, and architectural space beyond metrics of measurement and encourages better forest management for higher yields, healthier forest ecologies, and the greater long term sequestration of carbon..

Triple C is designed to gather people together by providing three types of spaces: commercial, community and common. The wooden structure and building materials create a comfortable and cozy space with a South African feel.

The Urban Super Forest is constructed from lightweight wooden structures that are situated atop pre-existing urban buildings to reduce land-use.

The terraced structures of Sunny Hills are designed to be built on sloping grounds and along the short valleys or hollows formed on hillsides and coastlines.

The House of Trees is comprised of two major components: a frame which relies on a repeated and joining W design to create stability and allow for easy expansion and a number of small modular units..

The Hive design relies on a honeycomb structural system built with prefabricated mass-timber pods that are arranged in an alternating pattern similar to other efficient, high-strength structures commonly found in nature and occurring at a cellular level in timber and other plant forms.

A prototype for a high-rise with a structure made entirely of wood, Endless Canopy is a 30-story tower covered in plants to create the illusion of an endless canopy or a vertical forest that stretches from the ground floor to the very top of the tower.

Rising from a forest of trees, the Sky’s the Limit is an experimental modular housing tower built entirely with wooden structural elements that aims to be both functional and beautiful.