What if housing design began with the porch as infrastructure; where the porch is the generator of urbanism and small neighborhood complexes? Rather than conceive the porch as a superadded element onto a core work—usually a single-family home—the porch is rescaled to the level of infrastructure (e.g., length of a city block) and shapes the core work.
Using 'landmark' taken from Kevin Lynches 5 elements of a city, we asked the question: What if an A-Frame design was looked at from a larger scale of a block rather than a single home?
Perspective
Isometric
Elevation
The A-Frame provides amenities for young families such as; a library, cafe, recreation areas, and a daycare with a playground. The block becomes a 'sea of vegetation' to house amenities that 'float' out in the vegetation. This vegetation barrier also provides a gradual change between the public areas of the block and the private housing areas.
Site Plan of First Floor
Video walkthrough of the project
This project was done with group partner Brett Banister