
Welcome to the MCHG
Founded in the 1970s, the Minimum Cost Housing Group was a research-practice unit of the School of Architecture of McGill University. Focused on human settlement problems related to housing affordability, grassroots community building, energy conservation, and food security worldwide, the MCHG researched various innovative construction materials to develop building components, low-cost sanitation, servicing systems, and urban agriculture projects. In addition to the students’ theses, the MCHG also had an active publication program to disseminate its research.