The project - the winner of the competition for the construction of affordable housing. New York, USA

Today we will talk about the project for the construction of housesconsisting of micromodules. In July 2012, in the USA, in the city of New York, the Department of Housing Construction held a competition for the best project for the construction of low-budget housing of rapid erection. The relevance of this event has become apparent due to the rapid population growth in the metropolis. There are about 1.8 million households with a population of 1–2 people in the city. While apartments with 1 bedroom and studio apartments are only 1 million. There is an urgent need for the additional construction of such buildings. Currently, legislation is limited to the construction of such facilities. Therefore, additional hopes were placed on the competition held to obtain worthy illustrations for submitting an application for amending existing legislation. Filing is planned for 2015, after completion of the pilot project. Mayor Michael Blumberg announced the name of the contest winner. They became the architect Jun with his project of a 10-storey modular building. Under the construction of the house allocated a place in one of the districts of New York. The main feature of the construction of this building is its construction from modular units, something resembling the folding of a toy house from Lego. Each apartment is a separate module the size of a cargo container. Modules are manufactured at the Brooklyn Naval Shipyard. The designed building will consist of 55micromodules ranging in size from 250 to 370 square meters each. Rent for an apartment will amount from $ 940 per month. In addition to the living quarters, the house on the first floor has a large veranda, shops, and a convenient multifunctional hall. In the attic will be a small garden with live plants. For the comfort of living there is a laundry, a storage room (which is a big bonus for citizens living in the megalopolis), a parking lot - a storage for bicycles. The ground floor will house a fitness center, a cafe and a large hall for lectures, exhibitions and other events. The problem of lighting in rather long-sized boxes of modules is solved by huge French windows, which, in addition to performing their main function, are part of an attractive building exterior. Architects Eric Hoang Bunge and Mimi describemodule as a room consisting of 2 parts. One part is for household purposes; there will be a bathroom, a toilet and a kitchen. Over these rooms, as a mezzanine, there will be space for storage of things. The second half of the module is residential. Here it is possible to make a living room, which turns into a comfortable bedroom at night. The way to achieve such a transformation can serve as a sofa, folding into a comfortable bed. This apartment is certainly not for the bighigh-grade family with children. This accommodation option will be appreciated by young people who want to live separately from their parents, but do not want to have a lot of roommates. An attractive option will seem to older people, whose children no longer live with them, so it’s simply unprofitable to pay extra square meters of living space. Ultimately, such modular homes will be able to make living in the city accessible to all segments of the population.