An Affordable Proposal for an Urban Development in Mexico

Abstract: Mexico will need to provide about 26 million housing units by 2030 and it is only through the understanding of the current situation and the awareness of the main challenges that affect the housing problems, that appropriate responses to the context can be proposed. By providing decent, secure and affordable housing, social problems can be reduced improving health and security, local economies can be boosted and developed, and community sense, identity and place can be formed. The thesis project aims to understand affordable and social housing problems and explores the existing context of the site in the city of San Luis Potosi. Through the design of a series of goals and site-specific strategies, the final objective of the project is to deliver an urban development design that promotes healthy and sustainable living styles and erases social-economic differences forging one strong and united community.