Fostering Home: The Individual within the Collective

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Fostering Home: The Individual within the Collective

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: Fostering Home: The Individual within the Collective

creator: Camile Harvanek

subject: Shared housing; Color in architecture; Home; Housing, Cooperative, Designs and plans

description: Studies suggest that young adults in a transitional stage of life will live in shared housing situations in urban settings for longer than previous generations. Feeling psychologically grounded in a stable home during a period of personal growth is beneficial to general wellbeing. However, current shared housing models are typicallydesigned for temporary living and do not promote familial community or the idea of home for residents. A new shared housing typology that provides multiple gathering spaces of varyingscales allows for more degrees of both privacy and gathering. Proportions, and an interplay of color in relationship to light integrate the spaces for one and the spaces for many, better fostering the sense of permanence and home for residents inshared living. Domestic practices were identified and assessed through the principles of color theory, and organized by activity. The kitchen as the modern day hearth occupies the center of the home, with zones of activity radiating out from it. Design research established that by placing individual bedrooms into a larger expanse of collective spaces of various scales, increases the opportunities for varying types of socialization.

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

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date: 2021

type: Thesis

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language: eng

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