Mobile Loaves & Fishes has been serving homeless people in Austin for over 20 years by providing food, clothing, and promoting dignity. They have established Community First! Village, a permanent housing community that takes a novel approach. Rather than just providing housing, it aims to build community to help solve homelessness. The village provides private micro-homes as well as communal facilities and spaces to foster social relationships and a sense of home, identity, and belonging for residents.

1. a community partnership to house the homeless
SFI 16 | Activist Architecture | Beau Frail | AIA Austin DesignVoice

2. mission statement—to enable the talent and voice
of design professionals to serve areas of need
in our community through collaborative, design-
focused events and informational programs
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3. Since 1998, Mobile Loaves & Fishes has been
serving goodness to our homeless neighbors
living on the streets of Austin, by providing
food and clothing, and promoting dignity.
Photo credit: Mobile Loaves & Fishes

4. “Housing will never solve homelessness but community will.”
Community First! Village
Site Plan provided by L.M. Holder III and Bury + Partners

5. Hospitality
a welcoming place that is open and
inviting.
Affiliation & Belonging
a place of recognition and acceptance
where we feel included.
Embodied INHabitation
a place where the ritual and habits of
social relationships create comfort.
Dwelling
a place of deep meaning and personal
significance.
Permanence
a place of enduring presence and
familiarity.
Orientation
a place that provides order and
direction to our lives.
Safety & Refuge
a secure and familiar place where one
can feel relaxed and at ease.
Stories & Memories
a place with historical meaning,
continuity, and identity.
Home is more than
where you reside
8 Essential Characteristics of Home from “Beyond Homelessness” by Steven Bouma-Prediger

6. www.tinyvictories.org

7. livability
Passive thermal designs, shading,
airflow, operable windows
constructability
Durability, low-maintenance, economy,
universal and accessible
Utility
No kitchen, bathroom, and laundry
facilities (communal facilities provided)
Order
Creativity and innovation encouraged
Empower community and promote dignity
program
micro-home to house one person
144 and 200 square feet, plus up to
30-percent additional porch space
Competition
design Guidelines
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PERSPECTIVE
TITLE &
NARRATIVE
WALL
SECTION
PLANBUILDING
SECTION
ELEVATIONS
Scale: 1/2” or 3/4”
Scale: 1/4” or 3/8”
Scale: 1/4” or 3/8”
Scale: 3/16” or 1/4”
4”12”
MARGIN
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8. Creative partnerships
Activating Architecture
Alan Graham
President and founder of
Mobile Loaves & Fishes
jurors
Thomas Boes, AIA - Chair
Urban Foundry Architecture
Will Shepherd, AIA
REMPT
Grace Hall
McCray & Co
Kevin Alter, Assoc. AIA
AlterStudio
Sally Fly, Hon. AIA - Co-Chair
AIA Austin
Tina Schweiger
Ascend Marketing
Beau Frail, Assoc. AIA
Michael Hsu Office of Architecture
Jeff Needles, AIA
Urban Foundry Architecture
Competition committee
community partners
Heather McKinney, FAIA
Founding partner of
McKinney York Architects
Terry E. Mitchell
President of
Momark Development
Coleman Coker, RA
Director of the Poetics of
Building and principal of
buildingstudio
Meagan McCoy Jones
Senior Vice President and
COO for McCoy’s Building
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9. Dogtrot
Becky Jeanes, AIA, Tray Toungate, Laura Shipley,
and Brianna Nixon of Designtrait
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S C A L E 3 / 1 6 ” = 1 ’ 0 ”
site plan or diagram
S C A L E 1 / 1 6 ” = 1 ’ 0 ”
elevations
S C A L E 3 / 1 6 ” = 1 ’ 0 ”
sections
S C A L E 3 / 1 6 ” = 1 ’ 0 ”
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elevations
S C A L E 3 / 1 6 ” = 1 ’ 0 ”
sections
S C A L E 3 / 1 6 ” = 1 ’ 0 ”
Building Section
Floor Plan
Front Elevation

10. FLOOR PLAN Scale: 3/8” = 1’00”
Side Elevation
Floor Plan
Micro Pod
Stephi Motal, AIA, with Sinclair Black, FAIA,
of Black + Vernooy Architecture and Urban Design

11. Casa Pequeña
Michael Smith, AIA, and Mick Kennedy, AIA,
of SmithKennedy Architects
Roof
Dog Trot
9:30 1:00
9:30 1:00
9:30 1:00
9:30 1:00
9:30 1:00
Transformations
Under Floor Storage Cubby
Fold-Up Bed /
Fold-Down Table
Sliding Screen /
Storm Window
at Dog Trot
Roof
Dog Trot
Hearth
Entry Porch 0033_6
ELEVATIONS
Side Elevation
Floor Plan
Front Elevation

12. W I N N E R
Rooftop Hospitality
Cody Gatlin of Fazio Architects
Building Section
Floor Plan

13. HoPE House
David Carroll, AIA & Gerard D’Arcy
of h+uo architects & Sixthriver Architects
Front Elevation
Floor Plan

14. Porch Home
Shelby Blessing, Assoc. AIA, Natalie Cook, Matt Leach, AIA,
Justin Oscilowski, Assoc. AIA, and Barron Peper with Page
Ventilation Plan
PORCH HOME 00035
8’-0”
16’-0” 6’-0” 6’-0”
8’-0”
FLOOR PLAN
16’-0” 6’-0” 8’-0”
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1. Primary living space
2. Breezeway
3. Adaptable porch
4. Wood shelf above doorway
5. Closet
6. Wood desk (folding)
7. Wood shelves
8. Wood storage bin with hinged lid
9. Full size bed
10. Electrical panel - 30 Amp sub-panel
11. Solid wood door
12. Concrete stair
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Floor Plan
PORCH HOME 00035CONSTRUCTABILITY & VENTILATION
REFER TO DRAWINGS
Constructability
1. Wood desk (folding)
2. Wood shelves
3. Sliding clerestory panels (screened)
4. Aluminum braked metal rain screen panel
5. Plywood
6. Insulation
7. Wood framing
8. Exterior sheathing
9. Metal roofing (3” standing seam)
10. Aluminum mesh screen panel
11. Concrete pier
12. Wood nailer (weeped)
13. Gravel
14. Weather barrier
SCALE: 3/8” = 1’-0”SCALE: 3/4” = 1’-0”
8’-0”2’-0”1’-0”
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Ventilation Planning
1. Windward side of the building experiences positive pressure.
2. Leeward side of the building expereiences negative pressure.
3. Fresh Air is drawn in through window openings on windward side.
4. Openings at 90 degrees from eachother maximizes cross ventilation and mixing.
5. Fresh Air drawn in through clerestory openings on windward side is directly vented.
on leeward side enducing suction at the clerestory vents.
6. Warm air is vented through the clerestory openings on the leeward side.
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15. Engaging architects
in public interest design
Photo credit: Meghan Leal, Luxe Magazine

16. looking forward
building community
Photo credit: Melissa Henao-Robledo

17. looking forward
building goodness
Photo credit: Jessica Mims, See In See Out Photography

18. Photo credit: Jessica Mims, See In See Out Photography

19. Photo credit: Jessica Mims, See In See Out Photography

20. Photo credit: Jessica Mims, See In See Out Photography

22. Photo credit: Patrick Wong of Atelier Wong Photography

24. Photo credit: Patrick Wong of Atelier Wong Photography

25. Photo credit: Patrick Wong of Atelier Wong Photography

26. Photo credit: Patrick Wong of Atelier Wong Photography

27. Photo credit: Mobile Loaves & Fishes

28. Photo credit: Kelly Hogan

29. Photo credit: SmithKennedy Architects Photo credit: Patrick Wong of Atelier Wong Photography

30. Photo credit: Erika Edwards

31. Photo credit: Erika Edwards

32. PAVING THE WAY HOME
ONE TINY VICTORY AT A TIME
Photo credit: Mobile Loaves & Fishes

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