A cozy backyard home for people and other friendly species
June 10, 2015
In looking to solve L.A.’s housing crunch and the loss of habitat for many species, Professor Dana Cuff, students and other faculty from both the architectural and urban design department and UCLA College’s environmental humanities program have created an affordable, lightweight, environmentally sensitive home for people, birds, bees and other friendly species for the backyard.
Courtesy of UCLA's cityLAB
Dana Cuff, Luskin School of public Affairs’ Professor of Architecture/Urban Design and Urban Planning, along with a team of faculty and students built a prototype dwelling that they designed to shelter people as well as edible plants, bees, birds, lizards and even bat.
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