Problems Against Problems: Leveraging Housing To Defend The City

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Problems Against Problems: Leveraging Housing To Defend The City

Submitted to the Department of Architecture in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Architecture at the Wentworth Institute of Technology, April 2019

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title: Problems Against Problems: Leveraging Housing To Defend The City

creator: Brian Ferullo

subject: Housing, Economic aspects; Modular construction; Flood damage prevention; Waterfronts, Massachusetts, Boston, Designs and plans

description: Humanity has been gifted with the ability to consistently solve the problems that have beenpresented in the world. Increasing population sizes comes with its own set of problems andchallenges that humans will have to overcome. As the population increases, change theurban conditions are made, congestion is added to, resources are utilized and the qualityof life for the residents currently living in the world can be greatly impacted. Everyday, newadvancements in technology, make dealing with the problems of the world more simpler andeasier to solve. One of these problems is housing. Humans require places to live and roofsover their heads in order to survive in the environments of the world. The city of Boston,Massachusetts faces a major housing shortage. The other major problem cities across theworld are facing is climate change. Due to Boston's location, the city has and will continueto face these three major climate related issues, Nor'Easter storms, which bring massiveamounts of snow and rain, Major rain storms, and coastal flooding. Studies show that allthree of these will not only continue to occur, but actually intensify over time. Boston cantake advantage and leverage these problems, by creating new ways for developers toproduce housing in the city while also defending the city against climate change.

publisher: The Douglas D. Schumann Library and Learning Commons, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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date: 2019

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language: eng

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