Day Labor Station

Program Information
Building Type: Education Facility - Training Center, Public Space/Gathering Space, Social Service Centers
Themes: Affordable/Cost-effective, Context - Suburban, Culturally Sensitive, Economic Development/Livelihoods, Low Maintenance, Manufactured/Prefab, Mobile/Demountable, Non-Profit/ Community-based, Self-Help/Volunteer Construction
Location: Austin, Texas, United States
The goal of this project is to give the community a place to coordinate work contracted on a day-to-day basis. Some of the functions that the Day Labor center will serve are: as a point of congregation for laborers looking for work, a training center for the community, and possibly contain a small food service operation. The scope of the project includes all phases of design from identifying users and programming their needs to construction and possibly operation.
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