2022 Miami Floating Housing Competition by arch out loud, Florida design contest, Architectural research initiative
Miami Floating Housing Competition 2022 by arch out loud
May 20, 2022
COMPETITION INTRO
Miami is facing two major emergencies.
First, it has become the least affordable US city to live in. Its housing stock has been depleted by its quickly growing population, accelerated by more people moving during the recent pandemic. Recent reports suggest nearly 1000 people are moving to Florida each day. New developments are pushing rental rates and costs of housing higher, making areas now unaffordable, and pricing people out of their neighborhoods.

Miami?s second major emergency comes from the growing realization that the housing it does have is greatly threatened by rising sea levels caused by climate change. Miami Dade County contains 26% of all U.S. homes at risk from sea level rise. Some insurance companies are canceling service for high risk flood zones, potentially leaving a portion of the population homeless after a major hurricane. These two problems, combined together, demand new solutions for housing in Miami. How can we design solutions that not only create affordable housing but also make it resilient to the looming problem of sea-level rise"
Miami Floating Housing Competition by arch out loud
CHALLENGE
The problems of sea-level rise and housing affordability in Miami merge together as a new phenomenon called ?climate gentrification?. Current residents...