Homeless crisis in L.A. inspires some purposefully small ideas: tiny houses

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January 7, 2019

Los Angeles Times
December 2018

Mayor Eric Garcetti asked, and the answer was yes.

Can students from design schools try to come up with ideas to help address homelessness in the city? The results were recently unveiled at the Main Museum downtown.

The three full-scale prototypes and a number of miniature models were the work of students completing a two-term studio project with James Meraz, a professor of environmental design at ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena.