Imagine a community broken apart through a complex history of historic oppression, divestment, and racism. While studying the neighborhood of Sandtown-Winchester, Baltimore; I began to postulate ways to re-build and reconnect the community through a project that invests in itself.

This thesis aims to re-evaluate the abandonment of vacant lots and develop an architectural typology used to address the issue of lot vacancy in specific areas of the city. Through examining the history of the Sandtown Winchester neighborhood in Baltimore, a multi-layered intervention will be developed to address the issue of homelessness and lot abandonment throughout Baltimore specific to this neighborhood. This intervention will then be adapted to address similar issues that exist in cities across the country and will catalyze further discussion about the societal implications of the mishandling of vacant lots and ways to adapt them to serve the communities in which they exist to create permanent change.