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| dc.contributor.author | Joy, Joshua | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-05-01T13:54:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-05-01T13:54:34Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-05-01 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10429/2454 | |
| dc.description | Homelessness is an issue that is suffered all across the nation. In almost every single city in America, there is some form of unhoused individuals that need to be cared for. Include information about homelessness. Facts, figures and numbers specific to homelessness in Detroit will add context and help further the point of this topic. There are government programs and facilities that homeless people can Utilize, but even with these resources, relief is often not found. use but after doing mass amounts of research, those facilities might not be all they are out to be. There needs to be a better answer to helping homeless people than building another shelter or soup kitchen. Companies like The Wave project in Detroit have started to use smart technology and rethink architectural solutions to better care for the everyday needs of homeless people. This thesis revolves around creating a new system of facilities similar to a fire station that could be implemented in other cities to help support their homeless populations. The idea is centered around a fleet of converted city buses that set up pop-up care villages for certain hours during the day to help provide medical, governmental, health, and hygiene support to homeless populations. There would need to be a central “Firehouse” facility to house, repair, and maintain the buses but this would be a system that allows for dignity, humanity, comfort, and compassion that was never felt by unhoused populations. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | During the modern era of development in an American city, it is a given that a certain number of individuals will encounter a phase in their lives where they experience homelessness. Although, on the surface, being unhoused doesn’t appear to be a profound problem, the solution is not as simple as constructing a shelter. This is a quote from a homeless man - age 51 - that was interviewed during the research phase of this thesis. “The longer you're isolated you begin to give up on yourself and once you start believing that no one really gives a damn, and you've been out here going on 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 years being out here and no one has even tried to lift a finger to help you really.” This thesis will explore how smart-city infrastructure, technologies, and design can help benefit the everyday, day-to-day struggles that homeless populations have to battle? The thesis starts by introducing the severity and scale of the homeless issue within the city of Detroit. The thesis is built to understand the true needs of real people experiencing homelessness by constructing a new smart city system of mobile renovated city buses that are converted to house showers, clinics, kitchens, and closets to help combat the day-to-day issues faced by the homeless populations in Detroit. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | Homeless | en_US |
| dc.subject | Detroit | en_US |
| dc.subject | Smart City | en_US |
| dc.subject | Technology | en_US |
| dc.title | Smarter Homelessness: a HUMAN centered rethink. | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Redeploying Smart City Technology to Help Benefit the Underprivileged Homeless Populations of Detroit | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
