Michael Rakowitz的“寄生”项目在2005年于当代艺术博物馆展出，其中包含有充气式住宅，这种住宅可以和现有建筑的外部管道相连接，当温暖的空气从建筑通风口排出后通过加热让这些结构膨胀。在纽约、波士顿、剑桥，大约有30多名流浪人员试用了这些充气结构。
“Parasitic” HousingMany designs for homeless shelters explore the idea of “parasitic” architecture that latches onto existing structures, an attempt to solve the issue of funding.
Michael Rakowitz’s project “paraSITE”, which was exhibited at MoMA in 2005, consists of inflatable homeless shelters that could be attached to an existing building’s exterior vents. The warm air that would exit the vents of the building would then heat up and inflate the parasitic structure. These inflatable shelters were constructed and given to over 30 homeless people in New York, Boston and Cambridge.
Homes for the Homeless project. Image Courtesy of James Furzer建筑师还通过许多概念性项目对这个问题进行了研究，例如Spatial事务所的建筑师James Furzer则构思了名为“流浪之家”的项目。在这个项目中，建筑师运用了一系列舱体，这些舱体可以相互搭接形成一个小型社区，亦或是和现有公共建筑相结合，舱体材料的价格也非常低廉，同时也与需要搭接的公共建筑相呼应。另外，Furzer当前仍然在思考该项目的施工和分配的可行性。
The idea has also been explored in many conceptual projects, such as “Homes for the Homeless” by James Furzer of Spatial Design Architects. The project is a series of pods that can be attached to ideally government-owned sites or connected to form a community of structures. Built from affordable materials, the exterior material can also match that of its host building. Furzer is currently developing the design with a private investor to explore the feasibility of the project’s construction and distribution.
