Precedent Typologies

Shophouse

Lilypad Hawker Center

Shophouse and Hawer Center typologies from Singapore and Malaysia were referenced for creating new typologies in Little Haiti. The shophouse is traditionally used as combined ownership model where commercial activites occur on the ground floor, with residential spaces on the upper floors; fostering a localized economy. The hawker center is a local food court, where multiple food and beverage business owners occupy individual stalls under the umbrella of the overall hawker center; thus preserving affordability with shared expenses and spaces. Lastly, the lilypad typology by Kohn Pederson Fox (KPF) allows for centralized open spaces that are raised for flood protection and public spaces of refuge.