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
The Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture announces John Harris as Associate Dean for Research ad interim, effective Aug. 25, 2026, until the permanent position is filled.
Gibbs College is pleased to announce the 2026 Gibbs College Faculty & Staff Awards recipients. These individuals were recognized by Dean Butzer during the Gibbs College Back to School Meeting and will be honored during the Celebration Banquet in October. They were nominated by their colleagues via an open nomination process.
Telesis, the Gibbs College of Architecture’s student journal, has been awarded a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts to support its next two issues, “Pause” (Volume IX) and “React” (Volume X).
