03/07/2022
repost Negar Taatizadeh ( )
Y5: Housing Reciprocity
The project anchors itself in three thematic subjects of Rebuilding, Reconnecting and Revealing. It proposes a systematic approach of rebuilding that as well as engaging with the architecture, it aims to reconnect the community across generation and reveal the clay material of its context. With this critical approach, a new system of thought is envisaged in which instead of displacement, dispossession, and isolation, the program of rebuilding encourages reciprocity, re-connection, and care.
Situated in Milton Keynes, Netherfield state, the project aims to rebuild the 32 houses of Hide way road - that are currently awaiting to be demolished - into a series of
intergenerational housing. Through reconfiguration of external social spaces, and the rearrangement of internal spatial hierarchy, the project advocates for a more caring living environment in which the elderly population are always cared for and the younger family with
children are supported.
Architecturally, the twinned houses function around three double faced inhabitable spines. Acting as the bare skeleton of the building, the spines also provide a more flexible living space that could work with multiple ways of occupation. Spaces nested inside and around the spines, could be reconfigured and rearranged based on the individual needs of their inhabitants.
In parallel, the project is fascinated with the liminality of materials and their social, and environmental impact on the housing and people. The use of 3D print clay as a material for construction of the building’s second skin, encourages a move away from homogenous housing schemes.
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