HUD Innovation in Affordable Housing Competition Boards

The historic Sanborn atlas map shows the site in 1886 and how the block and street structure has not changed over the years, but the buildings have drastically changed. The site has gone from framed buildings with stables to becoming the next affordable housing project for the city of Chicago.

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1. First we opened up the southeast corner of the building on ground level. This allows ample space for the pedestrians while creating an inviting presence.

2. We then pushed out the second and third floors to overhang the sidewalk to create a safer environment for the public on the ground. We also tapered the building height as it moves west to east to meet the surrounding building heights where there is the most public interaction.

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3. We kept the living lab on the first floor and residential above to keep the privacy for the residence and easy access to the commercial section. With extra space in the residential floors, community spaces were put into place.

Our mission was to create a place where an affordable project incorporates a living lab with stateof-the-art technology to provide residents with top health care programs and create a comfortable place to live for all age ranges. We have accomplished that goal along with making a building that has a net zero carbon footprint, promoting sustainability and a happier and healthier life.

6. Everything was then pieced together 4. The individual rooms were then broken down into 3 sizes (1BD 1BA, ADA, and 2BD 1BA) and were fit into the massing model we created.

5. We chose to do double loaded corridor circulation for ample hallway space and to allow light into every apartment.

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The living lab will include state of the art facilities to provide the residents and general public with access to excellent healthcare, so the residents can retire in place and not move into a nursing home. The residents can opt-in to use all the above amenities to give them access to smart technology to give them the best chance a long and prospers life. The technology will not be used unless the residents consent to being tracked and letting the living lab have access to their personal health records.

We also plan to partner with local research universities in the Chicagoland area such as Northwestern University, Depaul University, University of Illinois-Chicago, University of Chicago, Chicago State University. The following university research programs will have the ability to rent out the living lab to help students and research professor’s further their research and create a hub of state of the are research in a affordable housing building in Lincoln Park.

Partnerships

A smart refrigerator can track all your calories and notify via text message that you need to eat again. will also track the expiration of your food and give you recommendations to eat food that is close to spoiling.

This fridge has the ability to provide the residents with easier and healthier grocery and eating habits. The number one goal of this affordable project is to provide the residents with the best and healthiest life possible.

The seven universal design principles include equitable use, flexibility in use, simple and intuitive use, perceptible information, tolerance for error, low physical effort, appropriate size and space for approach and use.

The seven principles help keep this affordable housing project a place for everyone from all walks of life to come live and not have to worry about issues in the spaces they will use daily and also increase the happiness of the residents.

Smart glass window technology will help residents keep their living spaces insulated in the dark hours of the day and then also help let in the optimal amount of sunlight in the colder months to maximize the natural heating. These are a great alternative to normal glazed windows because they also allow the resident to customize the glass, they can make the windows opaque or let as much light through as you want. The glass is a great way top provide a vibrant and comfortable space.

Smart locks can potentially be life saving technology. The smart door lock enables residents to unlock and lock their units from their cell phone and also notify you when someone tries to open your door. The smart door lock can also measure pulse rate to automatically unlock your door if you are being chased and will automatically lock the door again once it is closed. For elderly residents it will measure their pulse and show if they are becoming shaky or need medical attention.

The smart mirror will enable residents to analyze a wide range of health perimeters on a daily basis. The mirror will help to show if the resident needs more sleep or if they have a temperature and will read analyze your skin to notify you of you need to seek medical help or if you need to shave. The mirror will help track your daily patterns so if you fall out of the pattern drastically it will help you get back on track or point you in the direction you need to go.

These partnerships allow us to subsidize the affordable portion of the building by letting universities rent out the living lab and pay to provide services for the residents. The universities will be charged $90 a square foot because of the uniqueness of the technology provided in the housing units.

Each unit will also come with motion and fall detection sensors and can alert someone to possible being at high risk for diabetes. The sensors will also recognize a fall, if a fall is detected the unit will send a signal to the hospital and an ambulance will come and give the resident the treatment they need. The sensors will analyze how you walk and send data to the living lab and the lab workers will analyze the steps and alert you to any possible medical issues could arise.

Although the Lincoln Park area is not known to have taller buildings, this project has shown the beneficial impact higher density housing units can have. Above is a graphic depicting what the future of Lincoln Park could look like if more projects, similar to Lincoln Lofts, were constructed in the area. The communities opinions and attachments to the current conditions of the area are very important and need to be acknowledge. It is key that this push for the future of Lincoln park is one that the community supports. Hopefully this depiction of the possible future of Lincoln park helps those who are questioning projects like these, see the positive impact Projects, like Lincoln Lofts, have on their communities.