Design Problem.

There is a shortage of affordable housing downtown due to past urban planning and development policies, which favored residential growth that moved away from the city’s core. This urban sprawl created traffic congestion and contributed to existing air pollution. Recent environmental and economic concerns added to this problem with the cost of gas rising and concern over limited natural resources being raised. A drive towards residential development downtown is being actively promoted in order to bring life back to the city and to help contain the urban sprawl. This is appealing to many city workers who want to spend less time traveling between their homes and other destinations. My project addresses this problem by providing affordable residential housing downtown and creating businesses, such as a grocery store, that will support the community and aide the downtown's revitalization efforts.