Kamaiya Johnson

For this project, our studio was split into groups and asked to collectively design a site for a dwelling while coming up with the specific constituency that would reside on said site along with services to provide residents with. My group consisted of Stella Zhang, Jenelle Yin, Michael Natinsky, Abraham Alzoubi, and myself.

The consistency our group decided to design for consisted of youth facing homelessness that ranges from the ages of 14-22. The starting idea was solely focused on emancipated youth but we later realized that we could reach a broader audience by focusing on overall youth homelessness. The site would specifically provide housing along with the opportunity for residents to heal and feel safe on the site along with the ability to create community. Programmatically the site is broken down by housing (pink), recreation (red), education (yellow), therapy/counseling (green), and dining (orange).

Our group came up with the plan and program for the site together but we each were responsible for further developing one portion of the site. I was responsible for designing the public entrance, front office, public therapy, semiprivate therapy, and temporary housing.