Mann, Ray K.Solano, SamanthaMalkovich, Mikal X.2024-10-022024-10-022024-0510.7275/54853https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/54853This thesis analyzes historical and contemporary trends in residential architecture and low-density residential landscapes to imagine new development strategies and housing typologies that will increase the availability and accessibility of housing while promoting ecological sensitivity, reduced consumption, and community resilience through design. Analysis and research culminate in the proposed retrofit of a site in Florence, MA. The author draws on nearly two decades of intimate personal knowledge and lived experience with the unique characteristics of the site and its regional context. The proposed design interventions focus on the layout, program, scale, materiality, and methods of construction and maintenance—evaluating the potential of each to inspire social, cultural, and economic change. The goal of this thesis is to expand consciousness through the exploration of viable alternatives that empower community members to actively engage with the future of their neighborhoods–outlining both a process and specific designs that challenge contemporary models of residential development and the unsustainable lifestyles they impose—to imagine new priorities and lifestyles for the future of low-density landscapes in the United States.housingdensityresidentialarchitecturelandscapedevelopmentThesis (Open Access)https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7091-7696