FINAL PHASE: MALHAR KATE

SHEET/BOARD 1Download SHEET/BOARD 2Download 835 W 36TH STREET SITE MODEL 1/4" =1'0" UNIT MODEL The studio project focuses on the XS House as a means to study the housing crisis, a singular and transitional demographic, efficiency and affordability, and community. Tiny homes are stand-alone structures that contain minimally-sized living areas, sleeping spaces, kitchens and bathrooms. … Continue reading FINAL PHASE: MALHAR KATE

Final Phase: Alexis Rodriguez

The concept for the house started off with the idea of street signs. As an architectural element, street signs are very undermined but serve a very important purpose. They ultimately control the circulation of people, traffic, and other architectural elements. The shape of the house is focused on two main large spaces (living/bedroom and kitchen/dining … Continue reading Final Phase: Alexis Rodriguez

Final Review: Tom Novak

For my project I chose to focus on the pushing and pulling of elements from an implied space. When working on the collage portion of this assignment, I noticed how depth played a large role in the facades. When translating this into my final house design I drew inspiration from a precedent study in Philadelphia … Continue reading Final Review: Tom Novak

Final Phase: Nathaniel Staniak

The main idea that my XS Housing Aggregation stems from is the movement of masses to create space around and between them. In doing this, different levels of privacy and community are created. The form of my unit comes from the deconstruction and reconstruction of the traditional rooms of a house. The bedroom, bathroom, kitchen … Continue reading Final Phase: Nathaniel Staniak

Final Phase: Lilibeth Arreola

The idea for my module came from the initial site research we were assigned in early October. I was given in between 32nd and 31st streets, Normal Avenue. I noticed a huge contrast in the newer and older homes and tried to maintain this as my concept for the rest of the project. This led … Continue reading Final Phase: Lilibeth Arreola

Final Phase: John Mulvey

final-boards-studio-ivDownload I largely based the formal and spatial qualities of my design off of the concept of architectural boundaries. To further that, I focused on the transparency and permeability of these boundaries and explored how they shaped space at different scales. At the scale of my unit, I focused on a selective transparency and multi … Continue reading Final Phase: John Mulvey

Charney | Final Phase: Compilation

XS HOME CECILIA CHARNEY My tiny house community focuses on the contrast between the experience of a warm, expansive, and open interior and a private site aggregation in an urban environment.  My concept grew out of studies of my collage model, inspired by the folding and perspective views of sidewalks wrapping around the gardens of … Continue reading Charney | Final Phase: Compilation