Image courtesy of Generica Architecture
A project by University of Oklahoma Architecture lecturer René Peralta, developed through Generica Architecture with co-director Monica Fragoso and collaborators Andrew Stone and Ty Brown-Field, is now on view in Gould Hall as a focused installation drawn from the recent exhibition Is Housing Still Housing? Houston’s Single-Family House.
Originally presented at the University of Houston Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design, the larger exhibition—organized by Gail Peter Borden with Michael Bell and Eunjeong Seong—brought together invited contributors to reconsider the future of single-family housing amid changing economic, environmental, and technological conditions.
The proposal organized by Peralta and his team rethinks housing as a flexible, collective system supported by modular, self-built strategies and shared infrastructure. The project also responds to climate vulnerability, particularly flooding, by proposing housing that anticipates periodic inundation at the ground level without risking life or critical assets, while enabling community-oriented uses.
On view in a display case in Gould Hall during April 2026, the Generica Architecture installation contributes to the national conversation about how housing can evolve in the coming decades to meet urgent needs.
Photo credits: Sean Fleming
This work is made possible in part with the support of the Gibbs College Program for Research Enhancement
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