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Security vs. Privacy:
Being situated on the border, Casa Familiar deals with issues of immigration and opposing (building) cultures. Cruz's take on the subject attempts to make the most of the situation, with a Mexican style street inserted into an American suburb.

Gentrification:

It is safe to say that this project is the opposite of Gentrification. It provides residential and commercial space for local residents, at prices suitable to local incomes, and doesn't attempt to change the population or import a new and foreign urban design.

San Ysidro sits between San Diego on the Ameican side, and Tijuana on the Mexican side.

It's population is made up mainly of moderate-low income Latino immigrants.

Hygene/High Tech:

Casa Familiar attempts to continue rather than alter the current urban condition in San Ysidro in which the marketplace and the private residence are intertwined.

On the street level, beneath a single layer of homes, is an open supportive framework, which is left empty to serve a variety of street pur

poses.

Casa Familiar is a residential project in San Ysidro, an immigrant suburb of San Diego, on the US-Mexico border.