Living Together: A New Typology for Residential Design

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Living Together: A New Typology for Residential Design

Submitted to the Department of Architecture in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Architecture at the Wentworth Institute of Technology, April 2021

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title: Living Together: A New Typology for Residential Design

creator: Molly Mae Aldrich

subject: Modular construction; Communities; Communal living; Flexible structures; Architecture, Domestic, Designs and plans

description: To create a flexible housing typology that allows us to live together, we need to develop an adaptable framework to encourage change over time. By creating adaptable and flexible spaces we can expand upon program seen in residential design and create a better environment that’s shares space and creates a more socially diverse model for living. As humans we live in an ever changing world that revolves around advancements in technology and adaptations within design. There has always been a shift to a moreurban scale sense of living, but it is apparent that residential architecture has yet to make that shift; the individual until remains the same as it has always been and there is a clear line drawn between public and private spaces. The individual unit should become more adaptable, changing over time for many different users and ways of living. People come from all backgrounds, and have different needs and those needs dictate the functions that a home needs to provide or be able to adapt to. As the individual units becomes more connected to one another it creates a sense of community that can be expanded upon through shared programand collective spaces. These shared spaces can go even further to become more inclusive of not only the residents, but the greater urban context. The world needs architecture and residential design that stands the test time and is able to adapt; as technology changes so does the urban environment we live in and the units we dwell within.

publisher: The Douglas D. Schumann Library and Learning Commons, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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date: 2021

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