Undergraduate Category: Humanities and Arts Degree Level: Bachelor of Science Abstract ID#: 446
: INTERLOCK
RETHINKING THE TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL BLOCK
Whether located in an urban or suburban setting, the typical residential block provides certain positive attributes, from walkability and diversity in a thriving city to a sense of ownership and private green space in a detached suburb. Because of this, however, the two residential block strategies lack what the other provides. This design project highlights the problems with residential typologies of the urban and suburban models and proposes a hybrid for the “new residential block.” To achieve this hybrid it is necessary to respond to the social and economic needs of a city by providing a variety of housing unit types in different densities. This proposal resolves these issues
URBAN
SUBURBAN
and a multi-family residential building as part of a denser urban setting. Whereas the
high density
low density
high density
low density
proposed detached houses reimagine ownership in order to respond to the struggling
accessibility to public transportation
auto-oriented community
accessibility to public transportation
auto-oriented community
in the form of two housing types: detached housing inspired by the suburban model
American housing market, the multi-family residential building introduces density
high walkability
and diversity to revive and activate the community. Though conceptualized in
shared open green space
different densities to provide solutions to the preceding issues, these two housing
diverse array of residents
types implement the same aggregation method and site strategy; interlocking the
proximity to ammenities and public services
PROPOSAL
private open green spaces
high walkability
quiet neighborhood
shared open green space
sense of housing ownership
diverse array of residents
private open green spaces quiet neighborhood sense of housing ownership
proximity to ammenities and public services
numerous units reduces inefficiency in planning and allows for an abundance of shared outdoor space.
1 bedroom 658 sf
1 bedroom 792 sf
1 bedroom 701 sf
1 bedroom 916 sf
1 bedroom 731 sf
1 bedroom 1,014 sf
2 bedrooms 1,045 sf
2 bedrooms 904 sf
TOTAL NUMBER OF FORECLOSURES
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A staple in the Netherlands, these
2011 Chicago
2010
2008 9’
2008 recession
2007 13’
2006
without sacrificing pedestrian and
Los Angeles
3,857,799 people
2 bedrooms 936 sf
1 bedroom 792 sf
1 bedroom 701 sf
1 bedroom 916 sf
1 bedroom 731 sf
1 bedroom 1,014 sf
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Columbus
2003 2002 2001
Boston
2000 1 million
2 million
1,382,951 people
809,798 people
2010
permeable
2011
stormwater management and urban
2012
road
to
allow
for
rainwater runoff.
636,479 people
1 million
3 million
bicycle movement. Seen as a “living street,” these woonerfs double as
San Antonio
2004
1 bedroom 676 sf
roads provide accessibilty for cars
2,714,856 people
2009
2005
2 bedrooms 1,045 sf
WOONERFS
POPULATION IN CITIES
2 million
3 million
9’
13’
FLEXIBLE HOUSING Aggregating the units in clusters of two or three Present
allow for a long-term living flexibility previously unseen in the single-family detached Ventilation
Section
housing typology.
+ 10 years
VERTICAL HOUSING Interlocking the units vertically allows for circuation + 15 years
core of the building. This maximizes daylight and ventilation in the apartment units as opposed to the congested conditions in many urban residental buildings today.
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PREFAB CONSTRUCTION Although the proposal is innovative in its design, its constructability is very simple.
and building services to be pushed to the central
Daylighting
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Level 1
Level 2
By standardizing the
subunits, prefabrication allows for ease in construction
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NEU
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and aggregation. Prefab construction also ensures better quality in the end result because it is prepared off-site. As a result, this future model of the typical residential block can be replicated anywhere.