UVA School of Architecture Studio Book by Anthony Averbeck

ELEMENTS OF HOUSING

UVA SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

CREDITS Publisher University of Virginia Department of Architecture Editors Anthony Averbeck Jaime Sanz Haro Faculty Anthony Averbeck (coordinator) Jaime Sanz Haro (coordinator) Maria Gonzalez Aranguren Jorge Pizarro Montalvillo Gonzalo Alonso Teaching Assistants Sherry Ng (coordinating TA) Samantha Kokenge Colin Gilliland Audrey Liu Aleksander de Mott Phillip Goodbread Copyright Texts | by author Copyright Drawings | by author Copyright Model Photos | Tom Daly | by author Copyright Edition | Department of Architecture, University of Virginia Graphic Design | Anthony Averbeck, Jaime Sanz Haro Layout | Anthony Averbeck, Jaime Sanz Haro, Sneha Patel Production | Anthony Averbeck, Jaime Sanz Haro Printing | T&N Printing, Charlottesville, VA, USA ISBN First Edition | August 2019

Elements of Housing

Contents

8 PREFACE 10-11 ABSTRACTS 12-17 DRAWING DOMESTICITY 18-27 LEARNING FROM PRECEDENT 28-35 LIVING HORIZONTALLY 36-43 LIVING VERTICALLY 44-51 LIVING MINIMALLY 54-77 LIVING COLLECTIVELY 78-79 INDEX

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“THE SPACE OF THE DWELLING, AS MEDIATOR BETWEEN CONDITIONS OF EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR, BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE REALM, IS AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT 4

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IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF URBAN LIFE, AND HAS BEEN THROUGHOUT ITS EXTENDED HISTORY A PIVOTAL COMPONENT OF THE MODERN AMERICAN CITY” Elements of Housing

STUDENTS

Averbeck Studio Auer, Jessica Clark, William Davis, Mira Liberatore, Elizabeth Liechty, Stephen Lin, Xinyi Lowden, Connor MacPherson, Ian Penny, Patrick Reid, Heather Travers, Eric Trepp, Devon Xia, Chenyang Zekany, Emily Sanz Studio Lapointe, Colby Brown, Lauren Diaz, Angel Dong, Yudi Dougherty, Abigail Gianakopoulos, Marina Gorashi, Omer Hickman, Anna Koury, Kyle Norton, Nicholas Ruff, Jack Saunders, Evelyn

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Sharpe, Jayden Shuff-Heck, Lucia Thompson, Taylor Gonzalez Aranguren Studio Bowles, Reagan Harding, Summer Hicks, Zoe Hu, Bihong Huntsinger, Kenton Master, Alexander Morinigo-Spalding, Esteban Padilla, Isabella Ragano, Gabriella Riley, Ellie Schiavone, Luciano Sparks, Madison Suid, Yahya Wright, Alexander Pizarro Studio Andrade, Gabriel Gibbs, Dylan Hendi, Matias Hunger, Julia Kilgore, Katherine Legare, Daniel Magenheimer, Jolie

Maguire, Samuel Proano, Maria-Emilia Rhodes, Trenton Rodas, Ana Rodgers, Genesis Tao, ChenCheng Yamada, Cheyenne Alonso Studio Cheetham, Lauren Di Napoli-Castaneda, Alejandro Duncan, Hayden Fay, James Hurst, Christopher Key, Mary Kirssin, Leah Knights, Lindsay Miller, Elizabeth Milone, William Shen, Chenan Thornberry, Bridget Wang, Nancy Zavala, Fernando

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PREFACE

Felipe Correa Vincent and Eleanor Shea Professor Chair of the Department of Architecture The conceptualization and design of domestic space is an essential component of urban life. The gradual collection of dwellings in multiple forms of existence —from individual to collective and from provisional to permanent— makes up the basic building blocks of a city. The space of the dwelling, as a mediator between conditions of exterior and interior, between the public and private realm, is an essential component in the construction of urban life, and has been throughout its extended history a pivotal component of the modern American city. With projects that range from extreme vertical urban growth (the Ansonia in New York City) to others that endorse ideas of decentralization (Radburn, New Jersey), the design of housing and the diverse models of domestic life it engenders, have played a pivotal role in the physical and experiential identity of the post war metropolis, shaping many of the models of domesticity that are quotidian today. This studio asks of students to think about housing and its organization at multiple scales, and understand it as a primary organizational element that can help mediate between the public and private realms. The examination of canonical housing projects —through a careful reading of architectural drawings, primarily plans, sections, and elevations of the selected case studies— paired with an inquisitive attitude towards what should the future of housing entail for a small American city sets the stage for a challenging and productive design studio. The outcome of the studio will show the responsibility afforded to architecture in shaping the many notions of home. 8

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Preface

9 9

ABSRACT

THE EXTRA-ORDINARY Jaime Sanz Co-Coordinator Lecturer in Architecture The real extra-ordinary things are not those things that belong to the exceptional. Not those which are unusual, neither those ones which want to be remarkable. The extra-ordinary occurs all the time, everywhere; it is what we call routine, what we call the everyday; that constant repetition of facts, movements or scenes. That magic of the real, interpreted by artists and architects such as Nigel Henderson, Alison and Peter Smithson or Peter Zumthor represents a way to face the reality – our reality as architects and designers – understanding that is the real and not the abstract as our main work tool. Understanding that the ordinary is the only way to create the extraordinary. Imagining housing has a lot to do with this. Not being only a disciplinary process where we learn from the inside to the outside, from the small to the large, thinking in housing is thinking in ways of living , is making an intellectual trip that leads us from the conventional to the sublime; from the well-known to the unique. Design is thus and opportunity. An opportunity to know the reality, to experiment it, to savor it. To understand that magic of the real and then change it, deconstruct it, build it again. I like to understand this book like this. As the collection of the different deconstructions that each student has made of their own extra-ordinary lifes.

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DOMESTIC FRONTIERS Anthony Averbeck Co-Coordinator Lecturer in Architecture Housing is increasingly positioning itself as a critical agent of change responding to an urbanizing world and its impacts; including resource allocations and consumption, territorial migrations and informal settlements, ecological resiliency, and the effects of information technology on urban space. While infrastructure and urban design are necessarily foregrounded, the space of the dwelling, as critical mediator between the public and private domains, is a critical agent in the construction of urban life. In the wake of Modernism and its waning influence on housing, the opportunity is ripe for the School of Architecture to boldly position itself on the topic of domesticity as we continue to equip future generations of designers to remake the world. By 2050, it is estimated that 68% of the global population will be living in cities. Moreover, with the population set to increase by half before the end of the century, it is estimated that two billion new dwelling units will be needed worldwide. In Africa, Asia, and India alone it is expected that just short of one billion new units will be needed to house migrants to cities. (UN Population Report, 2017) Coupled with this are three principal trends across the developed world: decreasing household sizes, increasingly ageing populations, and an influx of asylum seekers and refugees. As it is economically and ecologically impossible to build domestic units as we conceive of them today, it is becoming increasingly imperative that we critically re-examine the paradigms, and in doing so, the agency of architecture to generate preferred futures.

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DRAWING DOMESTICITY

Aimed at establishing foundational skills with a focus on accurately observing, recording, and drawing one’s own domestic space(s), this exercise introduces fundamentals of measurement, precision drafting, and developing a workflow between analog and digital tools for architectural representation. The exercise produced drawings that articulate space and architectonic elements with a high level of detail. Emphasis was placed on accuracy, legibility and clarity, and success in capturing a sense of scale and spatial quality. Aimed at establishing foundational skills with a focus on accurately observing, recording, and drawing one’s own domestic space(s), this exercise introduces fundamentals of measurement, precision drafting, and developing a workflow between analog and digital tools for architectural representation. The exercise produced drawings that articulate space and architectonic elements with a high level of detail. Emphasis was placed on accuracy, legibility and clarity, and success in capturing a sense of scale and spatial quality.

attic

1.5 ton 12 seer air handler dual heat pump

cross b

office

bedroom

wooden sub floo wooden sycamor

8" rise 10" tread

outer wh air space inner wh strapping lath plaster balsam b

foyer

108"

living room

basement

sadie beagle-hound mix

SECTION PERSPECT 1/3” = 1-0”

NORTH EAST AXON 1/8” = 1’

FLOOR PLAN

NORTH SECTION

14NORTH EAST AXON 1/8” = 1’

C. Lowden | Drawing Domesticity

5'-6"

17'-11"

7'-8" 14'-5" 14'-10"

3'-3"

4'-8"

6'-6"

4' 4'

4'-7"

14'

11'-10"

17'-7"

FLOOR PLAN 1/4” = 1-0”

A’

Living/Dining Room

Hairuu’s Leap of Faith

28'-4"

6'-8"

window that is constantly left open

Will she catch Hairuu??

10'-10"

5'-7"

10'

13'-2"

3-Point Shot of Faith

9'-7"

2'-7"

my lazy self in the kitchen

dinner table

neglected shoe rack

The cat is the one entertained by the tv

1/2” = 1-0”

ENTOURAGE IN AXON

PERSPECTIVE SECTION LOOKING EAST

1/2” = 1-0”

DRAW YOUR OWN LIVING SPACE

3'-5"

1/4” = 1-0”

DRAW YOUR OWN LIVING SPACE Heater

Kitchen

Bathroom Other

My bathroom

17'-11"

5'-6"

Living/Dining Room

My bed

3' Osama’s Room

3'-3"

terra incognita

4'-8" Osama’s bed

6'-6" Kareem’s bed

4' 4'

4'-7"

14'

PERSPECTIVE FLOOR PLAN 6"

17'-7"

11'-10"

1/4” = 1-0”

GORASHI, OMER

PROFESSOR: JAIME SANZ HARO PLAN FLOOR 1/4” = 1-0”

A’

Hairuu’s Leap of Faith window that is constantly left open

Will she catch Hairuu??

10'

3-Point Shot of Faith

neglected shoe rack

dinner table

The cat is the one entertained by the tv

my lazy self in the kitchen

PERSPECTIVE SECTION LOOKING EAST15 O. Gorashi | Drawing Domesticity 1/4” = 1-0”

24"

galvanized steel sheet t=0.1" standing-seam roofing structural plywood t-.5" rafter 1"x1" @ 10" rigid insulation foam t=.5" steel plate t=.6" steel pipe 2 X 4 X .15

108"

attic

1.5 ton 12 seer air handler dual heat pump

108"

12"

cross beam

office

bedroom

12"

wooden joists 2"X10" sub flooring on diagonal 1"X8" wooden beam 10"x10" sycamore flooring 5"x0.75"

8" rise 10" tread

foyer

12"

108"

living room

outer whythe 3.5" air space 2" inner whythe 3.5" strapping 1.5" lath plaster balsam bark paint

96"

basement

sadie beagle-hound mix

SECTION PERSPECTIVE LOOKING 1/3” = 1-0”

RAW YOUR OWN LIVING SPACE 16

D. Gibbs | Drawing Domesticity

PLAN PLAN PERSPECTIVE PERSPECTIVE 1/4” = 1/4” 1-0” = 1-0”

porch swing porch swing cherry lumber core cherry lumber core t=.75" oil paint t=.75" oil paint does not bite friendly

does not bite friendly

174.5"

gas burning fireplace gas burning fireplace single face traditional singlefireplace face traditional fireplace natural draft ventilation natural draft ventilation powder coat finish powder t=.0125" coat finish t=.0125" mosaic masonry mosaic ivory stacked masonry ivory stacked

8" rise 10" tread cedar

foyer

outer whythe 3.5"outer whythe 3.5" air space 2" air space 2" inner whythe 3.5"inner whythe 3.5" strapping 1.5" strapping 1.5" lath lath plaster plaster balsam bark paint balsam bark paint

living room living room

8" rise 10" tread cedar

57.5"

vinyl record player vinyl record player cardboard LP sleeve cardboard cover LP sleeve cover vinyl @ 33 1/3 RPM vinyl12" @ 33 1/3 RPM 12"

washroom washroom

dining roomdining room

kitchen

178.5"

kitchen outer whythe 3.5"outer whythe 3.5" air space 2" air space 2" inner whythe 3.5"inner whythe 3.5" strapping 1.5" strapping 1.5" lath lath plaster plaster balsam bark paint balsam bark paint

ORTH G NORTH

PLAN PLAN PERSPECTIVE PERSPECTIVE 1/3” = 1/3” 1-0” = 1-0”

13"

129"

80"

80" 123"

42.5" 123"

D. Gibbs | Drawing Domesticity

42.5" 13"

13"

GIBBS, GIBBS, DYLAN DYLA 17

LEARNING FROM PRECEDENT

One Santa Fe is a collective housing project near downtown Los Angeles. The site is unique, stretching about a quarter mile north to south, orientating its main faces to the east and west. Proximity to the metro system, downtown, and other apartments in the area allows for residence to have greater access to the city without relying entirely on the car. The units within the building cater to a number of lifestyles and groups, with various organizations of studios, 1, 2, and 4-bedroom apartments. Connecting these units if a circulation system focused on a double loaded corridor, which is broken by vertical circulation cores and the occasional external public common area. A handful of these apartments look over the interior courtyard and pedestrian space, some of which are marked with a private exterior balcony highlighted in red.

R. Clark and H. Reid | One Santa Fe

Mountain Dwellings is an apartment building, designed by BIG, in Copenhagen. Mountain Dwellings provides a “suburban living with urban density.” Each apartment has a green roof and small yard with parking provided under the dwelling. The design of the building consists of two-thirds parking to one-third housing. The overall plan is square with indentations that respond to the adjacent VM Houses. The form of the building is sloped to allow for outdoor space in every unit, along with ample parking for each resi-dent. There are eighty apartments placed on top of the parking garage. The outdoor spaces of each apartment is oriented towards the south-east to allow for maximum sunlight. The apartments are made for clients who commute to work. Mountain Dwellings is located in a Copenhagen suburb halfway between the airport and downtown. The apartments are either one or two bedrooms with an open layout.

Aluminum Facade Wood Apartments Concrete Parking

G. Rodgers, D. Legare| Mountain Dwellings

C. Lapointe, O. Gorashi, E. Moringo, G. Ragano | Nakagin Capsule Tower

What distinguishes this project is the jump in scale - from private villa to community housing. The need for density after WWII presented a unique challenge for the site in a city. Le Corbusier drew in- spiration from what he calls “a vessel that carries residents though life,” or a steamship. A paradigmatic “machine for living,” Unite combines a series of public programs integrated within an efficient aggregation of apartment units. A rooftop garden replaces the ground below, making room for community programs underneath. Double height units that span the width of the building allow for cross air ventilation and fewer corridors between floors. This architectural innovation saves space and reduces unnecessary height.

G. Rodgers and D. Legare | Unité d’habitation

LIVING HORIZONTALLLY

Too often, the design of domestic space responds uncritically to established norms in construction techniques, financial motivations, durability, speed of construction, social status, square footage, and other drivers. This exercise seeks to challenge conventions and encourage students to explore the plasticity of domestic space, based on specific spatial and formal constraints. Specifically, this is an exploration in horizontality and the relation with domestic exterior spaces. Students were challenged to explore architectural strategies for private and public domains to co-exist on the same plane. Projects demonstrate a careful consideration of spatial sequence, kinetic or multi-purpose furniture, designing the thickness of the wall, and the playful deployment of architectural elements: heavy/light, thick/thin, opaque/transparent, open/closed.

1'-6" 8'-0" 1'-6"

11'-0"

SECTION

1/4” = 1-0”

ether in on a college campus

3030

udents living and studying rings of privacy, the residents have access privacy, while they can also socialize

30'-0" 6'-9"

FLOOR PLAN

4'-7"

13'-0"

5'-0"

13'-0" 6'-6" 40'-0" 6'-6" 13'-0"

11'-0" 1'-6"

8'-0"

1'-6"

I. Padilla | Living Horizontally

INSIDE

OUTSIDE

SHOWER / BATH

INSIDE

OUTSIDE

MIRROR DIAGRAM

AXONOMETRIC

and home which hat

HARDING, SUMMER

SECTION LOOKING EAST 1/4” = 1-0”

FLOOR PLAN 1/4” = 1-0”

S. Harding | Living Horizontally

8'-

5'-8 14 "

8'-6 14 "

2'9"

7'-

UNIT AXON 1/4” = 1-0”

AXONOMETRIC

5'-0"

1/4” = 1-0”

with a bed and a desk table that folds up onto the wall and a tight bathroom. The roofs of the units are lower than the roof of the whole structure, which allows for more storage space between the two roofs. This space is accessed by the lad-der-type footings on the door of each unit. These units come together to surround a courtyard, which acts as the main gathering space. The organization of the units also allow for a secondary gathering space with community appliances.

PROC

CESS OF FORM

35'-0"

8'-3"

7'-9"

2'-9"

13'-6"

5'-9"

12'-9"

42'-0"

27'-0"

5'-9"

20'-3"

6'-8 34 "

2'-6"

7'-3"

6'-9"

2'-6"

15'-3"

2'-6"

30'-3"

4'-9"

FLOOR PLAN 1/4” = 1-0”

A. Diaz | Living Horizontally Project Data

3535

LIVING VERTICALLY

This is a spatial exploration of sectional relationships in compact domestic spaces. Students were asked to think formally, spatially, and logistically as they configure spaces for habitation. The objective is to recreate an atmosphere. The constraints were to minimize area to 1200 S.F. with only 20% of the total surface touching the ground plane, or a 240 S.F. froontprint. The height of the spaces were to be between the minimum legal height of 8’-0” and a maximum of 12’-0”. Students were challenged to explore architectural strategies for private and public domains to co-exist sectionally in interesting ways. Projects demonstrate careful consideration of the architectural section to generate innovative spatial qualities, new and unexpected domestic adjacencies, and volumetric economy.

USE 38

GORASHI, OME

O. Gorashi | Living Project Vertically Data

3939

SECTION CC 1/4” = 1-0”

METRIC

AXONOMETRIC NTS

200 S.F.

rt Enthusiast

is an Urban Inflill project meant to provide housing for a younger genwellers. The structure and organization of the house allows it to be rember of different settings and small urban lots. The shelving and planer se maximizes living spaces and work surfaces. Various window designs for ample privacy in the bedroom and bathroom spaces, and large winstories allow for light to perculate down into the living spaces

HOUSE 40

TYPOLOGY Vertical House, 1200 S.F. OCCUPANTS 2 Artists and an Art Enthusiast

SECTION BB 1/4” = 1-0”

SEC

1/4” =

FLOOR PLANS

1/4” = 1-0”

ELEMENT SEQUENCING NTS

CTION AA

= 1-0”

CLARK, WR R. Clark | Living Vertically

FLUIDITY OF PRIVACY FOLD WALLS OPEN & CLOSE TO CREATE FLEXIBLE, SCALABLE SPACES

PARTS-OF-A-WHOLE | MASSING

WHOLE

DIVIDE

SLIDE

FREEFORM

SHIFT

SCALE

LIVING & MIXING | SECTION PERSPECTIVE SCALE 3/16” = 1’0

OPTIONS FOR NAVIGATION | SECTION LOOKING EAST SCALE 1/4” = 1’0

FLUIDITY OF PRIVACY FOLD WALLS OPEN & CLOSE TO CREATE FLEXIBLE, SCALABLE SPACES

TYPOLOGY Sectional Home, 1200 S.F.

OCCUPANTS four roommates, each wanting a space to come together, but also a room for each to escape into

+3 PARTS-OF-A-WHOLE | FLOOR PLAN SCALE 3/16” = 1’0

DESCRIPTION Commited to providing both shared and private rooms for its occupants, this program emphasizes the fluidity between spaces by circulation. Thus, the rooms become autonomous parts connected to a larger whole. Stairways provide access to four units and a roof garden above.

PARTIAL HOME

PARTS-OF-A-WHOLE | MASSINGGENESIS RODGERS

LIVING & MIXING | SECTION PERSPECTIVE SCALE 3/16” = 1’0

OPTIONS FOR NAVIGATION | SECTION LOOKING EAST

SCALE 1/4” = 1’0

SCALABLE SPACES

IVE

G. Rodgers | Living Vertically

LIVING MINIMALLY

In the last decade, we have witnessed a resurgence of housing as an epicenter for architectural experimentation across geographic contexts and socio-economic levels, and an increasing desire to link design innovation with standardization. From the restructuring of city centers to new rural models for collective living, emergent models of housing design are repositioning domestic space as the backbone of a more integral urban project; capable of integrating the physical and experiential identities associated to domestic spaces with the economies of scale necessary for the delivery of housing at a larger scale. This exercise asks students to explore through design the research themes introduced in lectures and readings addressing the socio-cultural lineage of housing, and the impacts of broader contemporary urban life on the present and future state of domesticity. This final typology asks students to conceive of a minimal home of no more than 2500 ft ³ in volume, considering how the minimal domestic unit can adapt to the needs of contemporary urban life. For this final typology, students are asked to design for a specific occupant.

PLASTIC PANEL

1'-0 14 "

6 34 "

1 2"

1'-4"

STEEL TRUSS SYSTEM

DIAZ, ANGEL

OCCUPANTS A nomad

DESCRIPTION A bubble with two openings, to serve as an entrance and for ventilation or to attach to in buildings. A complex mach the bottom of the bubble tha the main life-support sytem f providing electricity and wate frame supports and divides t platforms, which are divided opportunities for sitting, but i open space. The bubble wor asite, where either openning to a window or other hole in share in its resources. The pa ture of the bubble allows the travel urban cities, supporting their infrastructure.

AXON

1/4” = 1-0”

WALL ATTACHMENT

9'-9 12 "

10'-5 12 "

11'-2 34 "

RECTANGULAR STEEL BAR

PLATFORM DET

6'-5 14 "

3” = 1-0”

SECTION 1/2” = 1-0”

17'-5 34 "

2'-10 12 "

6'-11 12 "

14'-7 34 "

16'-7 34 "

FLOOR PLAN 1/2” = 1-0”

DIATOM A. Diaz | Living Minimally

6'-6"

13'-0"

30'-0"

8'-0"

13'-0"

1'-6"

11'-0"

1'-6"

5'-0"

13'-0"

SECTION LOO

FLOOR PLAN

8'-0" 1'-6"

11'-0"

4'-7"

1'-6"

6'-9"

1/4” = 1-0”

SECTION LOO

1/4” = 1-0”

TYPOLOGY Horizontal Home, 1200 S.F.

OCCUPANTS 5 international students living together in on a college campus DESCRIPTION

1'-6" 8'-0" 1'-6"

ION LOOKING WEST

13'-0"

10'-0"

1'-6"

0”

dining

kitchen

2'-8"

study

living

ION LOOKING SOUTH

0”

CONNECTION WITH NATURE DIAGRAM

dining

kitchen

study

living

PRIVACY DIAGRAM

I. Padilla | Living Minimally dining

SECTION LOOKING EAST 1/4” = 1-0”

SECTION LOOKING SOUTH 1/8” = 1-0”

AXON

3/16” = 1-0”

dock. The first floor is a covered outdoor space where the bedroom loft is on the third floor. This home utilizes ladders for

LEVEL 3 PLAN 1/4” = 1-0”

LEVEL 2 PLAN 1/4” = 1-0”

M. Gianokopoulos | Living Minimally LEVEL 1 PLAN

LIVING COLLECTIVELY

Housing as typology is representative of a city’s history and cultural evolution. The gradual collection of dwellings - provisional and permanent, individual and collective - makes up the basic building blocks of a city. The dwelling serves as a mediator between the public and private realms, and is an essential component in the construction of domesticity and urban life. The studio enables students to consider the role of the designer in imagining new spaces for collective housing, and ultimately invent novel ways of inhabiting domestic space. This project asks students to apply the lessons of the case study analysis, lectures, and readings to design solutions that address the fundamentals of collective housing situated in an urban context. Speficially, the focus is on the following aspects of collective housing: typology of aggregation, morphology, programmatic hybridity, densification of existing conditions, sequencing of public, collective, and private spaces, scale, materiality and spatiality linked to project’s strategy and urban integration.

CITY WITHIN A CITY This project creates a micro-urban condition within the two city blocks of Charlottesville by aggregating four dwelling unit typologies. As a rule, all had to have access to apertures on a minimum of two sides, to allow for cross-ventilation. The aggregation of units is served by internal courtyards that house collective activities, including gardens and playground.

B. Hu | Living Collectively

THREE PLACES The intent for the housing complex is to show a density of spacial typologies within a limited urban context. Four stacked landscapes — an urban parking lot, a floor of an urban housing complex, a suburban street, and a rural farm — form independent eco-systems stacked on top of one another, maintaining the true phenomenolgical experience of each individual place. Each place acts as an individual system in a complex machine.

D. Gibbs | Living Collectively

CLOUD IX Housing plays a fundamental role in shaping the way we live our lives. Unfortunately, there are millions of people around the world who are unable to afford such luxary, either living in sustenance or living without a home altogether. This project attempts resolve this issue through a modular approach to housing.

A. Di Napoli | Living Collectively

IN-BETWEEN Sitting in between the bustle of Water Street and the tranquil South Street, this project responds to the different conditions on all four sides. With the trapazoid shape in response to the nearby railway, the tower steps down from the east and west ends and converge in the center, framing a view of the adjacent landmark hotel while maintaining the urban edge on all for sides. Lassoed by the tower, a simi-private urban garden stands on the plinth, transitioning the vibe between the bussy street and private residential areas. Within the tower, corridors undulate, and micro-climates are created including roofed-open common spaces, pocket gardens, as well as four types of units.

A. Lin | Living Collectively

URBAN BABYLON The notion of the house, as defined for this project, is a space of intimacy and personal space. The space of the house is one where the inhabitants know it like the back of their hand, this intimacy being facilitated by time. A space that truly speaks to this impression is that of the Chinese Urban Village, Brazil-lian Favela, and Constant’s New Babylon. These spaces are ones designed and developed by time, as peoples want and needs change they simply design and create the spaces they need.

25' 25'

12' 12' 1'-6" 1'-6"

9°9°

55° 55°

104° 104°

4' 4'

G. Andrade | Living Collectively

STREET

COMMUNITY HOUSE The community house, designed for families, is aimed to rebuild connection among different groups of people through the shared spaces of different levels of privacy. In most cases, 2 families share a semi-private garden on the third floor. a gallery inside the house connects the private bedroom and provide access to the gardens. usually, 8 units of houses, connected by a closed gallery on the second floor, embrace a courtyard in the center. between different courtyards are 6 community centers on the ground floor, each built as a node and connected two neighbourhoods.

STREE 66

2ND WATER STREET

SOUTH STREET

2ND Y. Dong | Living Collectively

URBAN SCREEN This project utilizes the form of the townhouse to maximize efficient and creative residential design at a scale that rests well in the urban fabric of the small-scale city environ-ment that is Charlottesville, VA. The two units consist of a board formed concrete core contain-ing the utilities for the residence, as well as spaces like bathrooms, stairs, and closets. A wood frame extends out between these cores maximizing access to natural light, green space, and the public domain of Charlottesville.

R. Clark | Living Collectively

CAVERN TERRACE Cavern terrace is essentially a continuation of the downtown mall with its distinct pedestrian culture of walkability in combination with comfortable shopping at full display within this redeveloped grouping of the two preexisting lots. One of the enjoyable aspects of the existing downtown is that it provides housing above the market, ground floor level, which interacts and enhances the experience through its facades. This instance of enhancement between the domestic and the commercial is a key aspect of the downtown mall which Cavern Terrace pushes further. Through a system of recessed units originating from four legs, an orthogonal groin vault emerges which allows not only for a dynamic experience from the ground floor as one walks in and out of these massive forms but also diversity in direction.

E. Moringo | Living Collectively

COLLECTIVE COMMUNITY The purpose is to unify the Downtown Mall with the surrounding context. The design creates areas in which the people visiting the Downtown Mall or the workers of the Downtown Mall can easily access and use for lunch, gatherings and playing. The interior of this complex also creates a space for the market as well as areas and platforms that can be used by the new restaurants in the ground floor or students looking for a place to study. The room layout is a mix of co-living and dorm living. The rooms are lined up in a row like a dorm, but the varying degrees of privacy and sharing relates to the styles od co-living apartments.

E. Riley | Living Collectively

SWITCH This project began with an idea of independent units that would share public space and green space with one another. The adoption of a triangular grid allows for unique units to be greated through construction with the grid and the breaking of the grid through placement of walls and windows. The complex consists of five different single level apartment typologies arranged on two different levels in addition to businesses such as shops, restaurants, and offices on the ground floor on the two longer edges closest to the street. The form of the units allows for various semi-private and public spaces to be created surrounding the units, fostering an interaction between the residents and the outdoors in addition to the community.

M. Gianokopoulos | Living Collectively

FRAMED TERRACE Framed terrace is a proposal for downtown Charlottesville that will create a new urban node off of the downtown walking mall along with 42 two bedroom, two bathroom units. These units are units would be unique in the Charlottesville area market because they are all two-story units that incorpoate a large doulble-height porch space for gathering and entertaining. This porch space is a liminal space between the interoir of the unit and the exterior terrace. With these components, the unit in Framed Terrace mimics the typical suburban home that populates most of the Charlottesville landscape. In this sense, the apartment complex bridges the gap between the urban and suburban conditions that exist in very close proximity in Charlottesville.

C. Hurst | Living Collectively

INDEX 14 Drawing Domesticity C. Lowden

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15 Drawing Domesticity O. Gorashi

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16-17 Drawing Domesticity D. Gibbs 20-21 One Santa Fe R. Clark, H. Reid 22-23 Mountain Dwellings C. Hurst, L. Kirssin, G. Rodas, M. Hendi 24-25 Nakagin Capsule Tower C. Lapointe, O. Gorashi, E. Morigno, G. Ragano 26-27 Unite d’Habitation G. Rodgers, D. Legare

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