While the demand for affordable housing in Maine is estimated to be more than 20,000 units, currently the state can only afford to build 300-400 new units per year. With the significant gap between budget and need, one of the greatest challenges is how to do more with the state’s finite resources.
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The goal of the project was to propose a community of individual 600-square-foot affordable homes. Addressing requirements from the Maine State Housing Authority and the Augusta Housing Authority, the proposed design solution is a Passive House design using a modular construction method, which provides an efficient home throughout its lifecycle from the design, to the build, to the on-going energy usage.
