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This is the configuration of the stretched scissor apartment modularized for prefabrication and rapid on-site assembly.
the scissor apartment stretched for better daylighting, ventilation and access
taking internal corridors back into shared external space
the previous project but with better efficiency and flexibility of occupation
making the apartment building access corridor work harder
three different-sized apartments with living rooms all on the same side and accessed from every third floor
one corridor for three types of apartments on three floors and with all living rooms facing the same direction
a first attempt at configuring a universal apartment that connects standard parts in different ways to create apartments of different sizes
allocating apartment height according to where where it is best appreciated
an FII variation with unobstructed living rooms
taking the FII to the extreme with all stair landings used as apartment/room access
an attempt to engineer a building through energy performance criteria alone and without recourse to any notions of architectural beauty
another attempt at high-rise apartments with variable configurations within a fixed framework
breaking down the Australian suburban house into an all-purpose multi-functional dwelling unit for new types of household
writing off the setback and relocating the shared space
a building facade generated by phasing differences between its internal world as an apartment building and the external expectations placed on it as an urban object
a superslender variant inspired by the tower houses of Yemen
a repeatable tower block module with public/private domains
social housing meets city non-landmark
an exercise in accommodating difference through similarity
a device to allow identical units of accommodation to flexibly adapt to site boundary conditions
an apartment building where you can park two cars outside your front door
an early investigation into shared tenancy apartments
the Back-to-Back I house redesigned as a Shanghai courtyard terrace house
apartment building with differently functioning balconies
exploring variation with a fixed construction system and some basic layout constraints
giving meaning to small-scale public and private space
the back-to-back apartment revisited for dense suburban living
revisiting the back-to-back apartment for maximum privacy and density on difficult sites
A house that can be expanded arbitrarily in three different ways and in three arbitrary directions.
principles of Yemeni houses applied to a high-rise apartment
interchangeable apartments in a building that complements (and conflates with) the building adjacent
the construction and planning logic of Yemeni houses applied to a shared apartment
super high-density tiny houses with visual privacy and acoustic isolation
A loose arrangement of tiny houses at high density but with visual privacy maintained
an attempt to offer privacy, illumination and airflow when apartment buildings are only 2 metres apart
a basic plan is organized into a social building with all spaces naturally lit and ventilated
the smallest configuration of antisocial house, with half the possibility of contamination
an apartment designed for new circumstances of minimal interaction with others
A kind of urban Villa Savoye with maximum daylight and ventilation for the residential part of a city.
a new typology for co-housing
a new house typology for shared mortgagees, good friends, or other types of semi-independent co-habitation
linking apartments horizontally to change a tower block into a slab
a first attempt to provide an apartment building with an internal corridor-scape
an apartment tower with fixed walls but a degree of horizontal flexibility for the apartment mix
limited overlooking of communal space and private space from within an apartment
a tiny cabin for overnight stays
The New Shibham mud-brick apartment building now DDA-compliant.
a proposal for a low-carbon apartment building
A minimum configuration of Universal Apartment III.
the most compact articulation so far, of the principles of the universal apartment
a way to enable the number of bathrooms appropriate to the number of bedrooms in a building with interchangeable apartments
a more standardized configuration for bathrooms in buildings having interchangeable apartments
another attempt to create apartment variations by having similar parts to connect in various different ways
locating ands channeling internal activity to where it can animate the shared space outside
a first attempt at an apartment building with reconfigurable apartments around a communal space
