UTOPIAN FARMING COMMUNITY
The 'Utopian Farming Community' is a self-sustained housing community designed for the city of El Centro, CA, located south of the Salton Sea at the border of United States and Mexico. This project explores the idea of informality and 'bottom-up' design approach as a driving force for the structuring of the socio-economical groups of the farming industry.
USC Spring 2015 - Architecture design Studio IV - Topic Studio: Utopian Housing
Farmworker seasonal migration mapping
The day of a life of farmworkers
Project location
Partial site plan
Section oblique: Initial Stages of Occupancy
Section oblique: Post-Occupancy
Housing Units
Overview of the utopian community