The project is located in Norris, Tennessee – a model community constructed in 1933 by the Tennessee Valley Authority as part of the Norris Dam project. A key component of this New Deal village was the Norris House, a series of homes built for modern, efficient living. Original designs integrated new technologies – municipal electricity and water systems – and incorporated new materials and building techniques. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Norris is among the first planned communities in the US. The Plan of Norris provided a series of design lessons – compact houses connected by footpaths and roads to schools, services, and a central common.