STUDIO VIII

California Baptist University I Instructors: Caleb Walder I Spring 2021

Urban Oasis is an affordable housing and sustainable hybrid housing and urban agriculture development. It is based on a Biblical passage where God instructs the Israelites through the prophet Jeremiah saying, 'build houses and live in them; and plant gardens and eat their produce'. Residents of Lake Elsinore are provided with a pleasant and dignified space to live and prosper regardless of their financial situation.

Neighbours and visitors can share and enjoy communal spaces with exceptional views of the lake and mountains where they can mingle together and tend their gardens. Urban Oasis provides opportunities for life skills around healthy food consumption by integrating community farm management and harvesting with the facility as a significant part of the architectural and operational program.

Through the art and craft of growing their food, taking care of vegetation, and motivating people to work together, Urban Oasis aims to make a dwelling and farming a synthetic experience in an increasingly urban future.