This project aims to assist the City of Cape Town’s Human Settlement Directorate (HSD) in proposing for an innovative housing model that would be sustainable and integrative. We interviewed engineers, urban planners, NGOs, and marketing experts and conducted documentary research through case studies of similar projects and legislative documents outlining government policies. We synthesized 9 key findings addressing the lack of social amenities, importance of location, need for collaboration, and social inequities in Cape Town. We also created a document we called “Proposed guidelines for a Transformative Housing Model.”

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Ott, Samuel
• Obermaier, James
• Nunes, Lorena
• Lachaux, Isabelle

Subject

• Sustainability
• Inclusion
• Security
• Infrastructure
• Innovation
• Community
• Well-Being
• Culture

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121622-052449
• 83781

Keyword

• Transforming
• Housing
• Affordable
• Social
• Communities
• Integrated

Advisor

• Somasse, Gbetonmasse B.

Year

• 2022

Center

• Cape Town, South Africa Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Human Settlements Directorate, City of Cape Town

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
• 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities

Date created

• 2022-12-16

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-121622-052449

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-01-12