Housing is critical to our psychological and physical wellbeing.
But supply and demand curves have never been farther apart,
the result of a 40 year housing deficit in the Bay Area alone.
Blaming one group or another for housing shortages is too simplistic;
a 21st century business model for housing will synthesize all constituents’ interests toward a shared solution.
New housing solutions need to address economic, technological, and political concerns, as well as design, in order to take root.
Macy Architecture is working every day on innovative housing designs that integrate financial models, optimized construction methods, and community and regulatory concerns, to preserve and repair the urban contract.