In Austin, a small home and a community offer a route out of homelessness
More than 500 residents in Austin: small homes and an organised community as a response to chronic homelessness.
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Documented housing, tourism and workforce accommodation projects.
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42 accommodations in 26 weeks: Barcelona’s modular housing example
Barcelona built 42 temporary accommodations using 77 modules. Lessons from APROP Glòries on housing and social support.
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Ten additional micro-flats: Bristol turns compact space into an opportunity
Ten additional micro-flats delivered in 2023: private spaces with a kitchen, bedroom and shower for people sleeping rough.
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Capsule houses are already bookable rooms: the Khao Kho example
A Thai resort already offers bookable capsule houses. What it provides and what to study before building a similar project.
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Seven sea cabins: Manshausen shows another scale for tourism
Seven cabins and two towers in Norway: compact architecture, landscape and a distinctive hospitality experience.
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102 accommodations, one destination: AutoCamp takes compact stays to hotel scale
A 102-room property combines Airstreams, cabins and tents. Operations matter as much as the accommodation design.
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A mirror house for two: Paradise Ranch makes the unit part of the experience
A mirror house for two guests: what prefab design adds to tourism and which questions matter when evaluating a business.
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700 beds in Alaska: accommodation is part of running a remote mine
A 700-bed modular camp shows why accommodation is essential infrastructure for a remote mining operation.
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2,586 workers: a modular lodge planned around everyday life
Capacity for 2,586 workers: modular accommodation as infrastructure for a major industrial project.
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3.29 million resident days: ten years of modular accommodation in use
After ten years, a camp recorded 3.29 million resident days. Lessons on scale and temporary accommodation operations.
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Oosterwold: building a home can also mean building a neighbourhood
A real project in Almere links housing, urban agriculture and community. Lessons for planning a neighbourhood of compact homes.
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Wheatstone: 500 modules to accommodate 2000 workers
Worker accommodation in the UK: context image, not Wheatstone. Hugh Venables · CC BY-SA 2.0 When a major project needs workers in a remote location, a
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