Centering Community

New Typologies in Housing

Carnegie Mellon University Praxis I Studio Instructor

Sarosh Anklesaria Collaborator

Parth Danait

My work as a group: Lead the Design Form Development and Experiment Make the 3D Digital Model, Technical Section Drawings, Perspective Section, Axonometric Drawings illustrate the perspective view and concept diagram

Parth Danait: Lead the Culture Investigation on site and Plan Arrangement Revise Plan and Landscape Design Make the Porch Design

Brief Introduction.

The project proposes a new system of housing that, through densification and temporality, caters to the new typology in Homewood.

Cultural Sensitivity.

The existing housing in Homewood is a series of linear repetitive single-family homes for all types of residents. Therefore, different situations impact people differently. With the notion of community at its center and identifying the porch as a core cultural element, the project proposes a transition from a fixed, small, linear, and isolated block to an expandable, loose-fit, social, and cooperative neighborhood.

New Typologies of Housing Plus Porch.

The houses are designed as flexible module that evolves with time and needs. Through the concept of loose-fit housing, the units are designed around a fixed core, with the flexibility to change the layout around the core as per the need of the user.

Final Intent.

The aim is to prepare a prototypic system, iterations of which can be expanded to other blocks in Homewood to repair the community and to attract more people live together in Homewood area.