SVA IDBE Studio I – Fall 2021, Affordable Modular Collective Housing: Housociety, How Society
Concept Statement
House society is a combination of well-oriented and multi-functionally space. That prompts a wellness experience for users who live in this community.
To further explain my concept statement, house society has the potential to make the users have more interaction in reality instead of virtual connections. House society promotes wellness through the private individual unit, and communal space by making users share moments and activities through physical connections.
Interior View of Multi-Generational UnitExterior View of Multi-Generational Unit
Research
People are generally happier decades ago. The reason why they are happier is because they are living as a unit. They talk to each other and help each other. I did a research and I found a TikTok which was released in 2015, a psychiatrist and director of the Harvard study of adult development, Dr. Robert Waldinger said “good relationships keep us happier and healthier” and he also talked about social connections are good for us, and loneliness kills our happiness. This turns out that people who are more socially connected to family, to friends, to the community are tend to be happier than those who isolate themselves.
Experiencing loneliness is toxic, the reason shows these people, their brain functions decline and live shorter than people who are not lonely. Study the way people connect to each other from decades ago and improving the experience of sharing by more advanced programs within the living space is my strategy to design this wellness apartment unit.
Precedent Study
In this social housing project, you can see, how they add a balcony to the unit. The two pictures you can see above show the transformation of the space. This balcony is called the winter garden, you can see there are plants added on this bouche which make this building become a vivid urban living space. This is how a balcony plays an important role in small space living.
Winter Garden: designed by French architects Lacaton and Vassal.
Audience & Program
Multi-Generational Family
User Profile and Time Schedule
On the left side are blocks in different colors that represent the users in this unit. Also, their colors represent their experience journey. The length of these colored shapes is different, but also there are some common points that these shapes are connected—- and this represents the time that this family gathered together.
Audience & Program
Alternative Plan for 4 Roommates
Program
This axonometric in different colors represent different experience journey. On the right, there’s a square with a dashed line is my alternative plan for 4 roommates. The user can remove the living room and add a sliding door, and this space becomes a temporary bedroom for one more person.
Zoning & Journey Diagram
This diagram is about grandparents’ daily routine in this apartment. This diagram is about the parents and the children’s daily routine in this apartment.
Multi-Generational Unit Plan & Transformation
This is the floor plan for the multi-generationally family. You can see there’s powder room and a bathroom and there are three individual bedrooms. Each room has the accessibility to go to the balcony. And also the living room seems not small for a multi-generationally family, but there’s a sliding door in this living room area. In the summertime, they can open the door and go to the balcony.
From this plan the bedroom is added to the former living room.
Alternative Plan: 4 Roommates
Space Comparison
There’s the area size of both interior bedroom space and outdoor balcony space. The outdoor space is equal to another interior bedroom space. So the users in each room have the opportunity to have this entire space
Exploded Axonometric
Floor plan + layout of the model with furniture
Section Drawing & Reflected Ceiling Plan
Material & Finishes
This material board is also my mood board to show my interior space style (choice of material) these materials are affordable and you can find these martial from IKEA.
Rendering
Exterior Rendering of The Neighborhood Exterior Rendering of The Neighborhood Exterior Rendering of Multi-Generational Family UnitInterior parent’s bedroom rendering Living room renderingLiving room rendering Exterior rendering of Multi-Generational Family UnitInterior rendering of bathroom Interior rendering of kid’s bedroom
Concept Statement Solace home is supportive housing for people who’ve lived a life where sharing was once a necessity but is now a choice. The formerly incarcerated and empty nesters are two users who, at first glance, do not share commonalities.
Concept Statement Solace home is supportive housing for people who’ve lived a life where sharing was once a necessity but is now a choice. The formerly incarcerated and empty nesters are two users who, at first glance, do not share commonalities.
“Window of Opportunity” serves as a second opportunity and a means for creating a new life for formerly homeless youths. The living space is arranged with a clear view of the window, which provides a private outlook into world. To
“Window of Opportunity” serves as a second opportunity and a means for creating a new life for formerly homeless youths. The living space is arranged with a clear view of the window, which provides a private outlook into world. To
The shifting apartment is a small apartment that roommates can live in there without a problem by making a space transform into another space. The shifting apartment is for two roommates that recently graduated from college and are starting their
The shifting apartment is a small apartment that roommates can live in there without a problem by making a space transform into another space. The shifting apartment is for two roommates that recently graduated from college and are starting their
SVA ID/BE Design Studio I – Fall 2021 Professor – Darrick Borowski Qian Jessie Wang Concept Statement Paired multigenerational apartment nurtures relationships among generations and emotional health by creating a space for multi-generation. Social relations Housing affects people’s living conditions
SVA ID/BE Design Studio I – Fall 2021 Professor – Darrick Borowski Qian Jessie Wang Concept Statement Paired multigenerational apartment nurtures relationships among generations and emotional health by creating a space for multi-generation. Social relations Housing affects people’s living conditions
The perfect fit provides a young family with just enough space while accomplish both privacy and shared space, all in a unit that can be affordable to young people. For young people. Living in a big city will have more
The perfect fit provides a young family with just enough space while accomplish both privacy and shared space, all in a unit that can be affordable to young people. For young people. Living in a big city will have more
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The Loraj Chair is a lounge chair that provides comfort to students in need of repose by folding cardboard into triangular pleats and slotting them to replicate an ergonomic chaise. The word Loraj means lightning or thunder in Haitian Creole.
The Loraj Chair is a lounge chair that provides comfort to students in need of repose by folding cardboard into triangular pleats and slotting them to replicate an ergonomic chaise. The word Loraj means lightning or thunder in Haitian Creole.
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CONCEPT STATEMENT A relaxing chair that you can bring anywhere you want to have a rest. Using layers of different kinds of cardboard to make a strong sandwich, and slotting/fitting together for easy folding and movable. THE GOALS Sustainable: Utilizes
“Linear Folding Chair is a Chair made of Cardboard. The main idea of this Chair is Small Space Living. Because it can be stored in a closet. ” In today’s life, a lot of people live in a small space.
“Linear Folding Chair is a Chair made of Cardboard. The main idea of this Chair is Small Space Living. Because it can be stored in a closet. ” In today’s life, a lot of people live in a small space.
This chair use few cardboards to create a comfortable rectangle lounge chair for Limited places with slotting and laminating. The easy lounge chair is a lounge chair that can be easily disassembled. Especially in the limited space, if you don’t
This chair use few cardboards to create a comfortable rectangle lounge chair for Limited places with slotting and laminating. The easy lounge chair is a lounge chair that can be easily disassembled. Especially in the limited space, if you don’t