The existing housing in Homewood is a series of linear repetitive single-family homes for all types of residents. Therefore, different situations impact people differently. With the notion of community at its center and identifying the porch as a core cultural element, the project proposes a transition from a fixed, small, linear, and isolated block to an expandable, loose-fit, social, and cooperative neighborhood.
New Typologies of Housing Plus Porch.
The houses are designed as flexible module that evolves with time and needs. Through the concept of loose-fit housing, the units are designed around a fixed core, with the flexibility to change the layout around the core as per the need of the user.
Final Intent.
The aim is to prepare a prototypic system, iterations of which can be expanded to other blocks in Homewood to repair the community and to attract more people live together in Homewood area.
Carnegie Mellon University Praxis I Studio
Instructor
Sarosh Anklesaria, Jonathan Kline
Collaborator
Parth Danait
My role in group:
Lead the Design Form Development and Plan Experiment
Make the 3D Digital Model, Technical Section Drawings, Perspective Section, Axonometric Drawings
Illustrate the perspective view and concept diagram