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SUBTRACT LESS, ADD MORE

In Our Back Yard, a winning entry to the AIA San Francisco Housing+ competition, proposes that new housing shouldn’t subtract from the existing community or its unique character. If one family is asked to demolish their home to make way for multiple new units, there may not be any takers, but if a whole block can rally together to add housing without demolition or displacement, radically transformational impact is possible. IOBY envisions a collaborative community development model that makes adding affordable housing simple and fun by re-engineering Sunset’s urban fabric to unlock mid-block armatures of high-density walk-up housing.