Affordable, Sustainable, Essential Dwellings: A Hybrid Single-family Home Solution To Hawaiʻi’s Housing Crisis
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2019
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University of Hawaii at Manoa
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Abstract Dwelling costs (design, materials, construction) often prohibit residents from considering custom single-family homes. Existing homes and production homes are often not optimized for individual family lifestyles, climate, or environment – they are often one-size-fits-all, cookie-cutter homes rather than simply a suitable dwelling (the Urban Dictionary defines “cookie-cutter” as “marked by sameness and a lack of originality; mass-produced. Often used to describe suburban housing developments where all the houses are based on the same blueprints and are differentiated only by their color.” ) Sustainable building emerged to combat diminishing resources and to better promote stewardship of the environment. Often, green building materials and techniques are more expensive. Essentialism applied to single-family residential architecture dictates right-sized, functional homes satisfying needs (rather than wants) and facilitating living (lifestyle). I will identify methods to improve affordability, sustainability, and suitability of single-family homes. Consider an analogy of human wellbeing. Successful dieting/fitness depend on eating the right quantities of healthy food and exercising; more importantly, successfully achieving holistic health depends on modifying behavior and establishing healthy habits. How do we build at reduced cost and with less environmental impact by right-sizing dwellings and using lightweight and/or less material? I will utilize analytical research, case study research, and applied research with qualitative and quantitative analysis to address single-family dwellings in Hawai’i. The outcomes will include: 1) a single-family dwelling system incorporating tensile fabric in the spirit of affordability, sustainability, and essentialism and, 2) potential paths to address obstacles to lean structure construction and acceptance/adoption. This research is relevant and critical as we approach the sustainable yield point for affordable housing and natural resources in Hawai’i, and it could cultivate a collective cultural mindset whereby affordable, sustainable, essential living becomes the status quo, a norm, a healthy habit.
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