Solar Dividend Housing reimagines homeownership and energy equity by challenging the inefficiencies of the single-family housing model. Beginning with a forensic analysis of private equity’s growing control over the rental market in Atlanta, the project critiques material waste and speculative real estate practices that drive up housing scarcity.
In response, the proposal introduces a low-rise, high-density mat-building typology inspired by the Free University of Berlin. Located in Solano County, California at the contested site of the California Forever development, it offers an alternative vision rooted in affordability, modular construction, and collective benefit. The building comprises compact, stackable living units organized around shared courtyards and terraces, all beneath a vast solar roof.
Nearly 2,000 custom-designed V-formation solar modules generate over 3 million kilowatt-hours of renewable energy annually. Energy sales are redistributed as a monthly 500-dollar dividend to each household, reframing energy infrastructure as a form of basic income.
By aligning architecture with economic justice and climate performance, Solar Dividend Housing proposes a new model for living that treats housing not only as a new asset class but also as a shared resource embedded in a regenerative system.
