Back in 2015, the Mexican government commissioned the Bilbao Studio’s affordable house design as part of a program created to incentivize people to buy homes by offering credit and subsidizing half the cost of the house. At just $8,000 to build the base design, there’s much that's desirable about these houses. In addition to the affordability of her studio’s houses, they also look like completed houses. If you’ve ever driven through neighborhoods in Mexico, you might notice how many homes are built with flat roofs and steel bars sticking out of the walls. To many, this indicates that the house is still under construction. To many others, those houses appear to be failures. The project is called Housing+, and each unit starts with two bedrooms, one bathroom, a kitchen, a living space, and a dining space. The living and dining spaces are five meters (16.4 feet) tall and up to five bedrooms can be added at separate stages. The best part of the design is that the home looks complete, no matter how many rooms have been added. In addition to affordability projects, Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO designs for density, social landscape, education, domesticity, and culture projects. Among other projects in the works, Bilbao’s studio works as a consultant for Pacific Gas & Electric’s new substation project at Hunter’s Point in San Francisco. The project will include community gardens and a plaza with the aim of regenerating the former military base.
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