Maintenance and Change in the Mission District (Ongoing)
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2023
Protocols such as zoning, building typologies, and ownership have been created to reinforce a social and economic hierarchy, being restructured periodically to push certain communities out in favor of others. These blocks in the Mission District depict the various intersections between how the city has designated spaces to be used (zoning policies), versus how public/private ownership has defined access, versus how spaces are actually being used currently. Increased numbers of people of color and historically low-middle economic class have influenced the increase of high-density affordable housing in adjacency to community spaces, such as supportive non-profit organizations and learning institutions. The rise of mixed-use and mixed-residential buildings reflect different types of access within the same building, designed types of use, and levels of publicness/privacy. Short and long-term maintenance/changes relating to culture, physical environment, and economy are influenced by and reflect the diversity of cultural populations present in the neighborhood.
The correlation between typology and use has produced intersections and adjacencies where typology can be used to support or maintain a certain community for different periods of time. High-density units are designed to have close adjacency to public community spaces that help maintain and support the welfare of underserved groups. Building typologies like high-density affordable housing, communal residences, live-work residences, and mixed-residential spaces offer varying levels of privacy and publicness, allowing different forms of community interactions. By tracking ownership and age, we can see how these four blocks in the Mission District serve the people and maintain diversity.
Group Partner: Shriyam Rai