FLEXING BOUNDARIES

TECTONIC STRATEGIES FOR THE MULTI-GENERATIONAL HOME

Climate changes in the near and distant futures will spur human populations to relocate and re-settle, spurring short-term and long-term housing needs. To support this shift, our cities must modify their current use of spaces to accommodate an increasing population of occupants, whose circumstances and needs are subject to flux. How can we, as architects, design homes to make increased population density not only bearable, but enjoyable? Can achitecture minimize its material footprint while answering maximal spatial conditions? This project seeks to design freestanding modular units that provide both partitions and furniture; the units should be easy to manipulate, giving the occupants freedom to readapt and shape their spaces to meet their changing needs.

To follow the development of this project, use the provided QR code to link to the designer’s LinkedIn profile for her personal website.

Thank you to Mom and Popo for our backstory, and to my father, always ready to help in a pinch.

Thank you Ray Kinoshita-Mann for being my lifetime mentor, and Anne Tate for our charged back & forths.

Thank you Amelyn Ng and German Pallares Avitia for the generous counsel, and Tucker Houlihan, whose guidance made this prototype possible.

Thank you Carl Lostritto, my ally whenever I’m in a bind, and David Davila, the string to my kite when I’m about to fly away.

Last of all, thank you Sam.

You come in and out of my life, but always in time to support me through an academic thesis.