Connecting Communities: Housing Typology

This project looks at the HDB housing typology and is divided into three parts:

Part 1 focuses on the long and narrow corridor, which tends to make inhabitants uncomfortable as passers-by glance into their homes, instead of bringing in the essence of both a sidewalk/street life and more privacy into the HDB corridor.

Part 2 explores the stairwell corridor— a dark and narrow space, which through material explorations becomes warmer and more welcoming.

Part 3 looks at the large double-volume void space in front of the lift.   A beautiful space, full of possibilities. A series of speculative designs show the residents the beauty of the space as previous decades of inhabitation have made them forget how unique the space truly is.

Blue, Yellow, Purple

Connecting Community: Housing Typology

Overall site. Part 1 occupies blue corridor. Part 2 in Yellow and Part 3 in Purple.
Structural, Essence of Sidewalk Life

Part 1: Blue

Creating a semi-private-public space to bring in the essence of the traditional street/sidewalk life into modern housing apartments.

Part 1: Blue

Adjacent neighbors sharing semi-private space.

Part 1: Blue

Personal unit semi-private space
Atmosphere: Light, Darkness & Material exploration

Part 2: Yellow

Visualization of explored material implemented in corridor. Motive: to brighten atmosphere, sense of connectivity in originally dark narrow space.
Subsurface Scattering

Part 2: Yellow

Material exploration of concrete
Subsurface Scattering & Texture

Part 2: Yellow

Material exploration of concrete
Subsurface Scattering & Texture

Part 2: Yellow

Material exploration of concrete
Object Performance

Part 3: Purple

Speculative series of sudden & temporal object performances. Motive: remind residents of the beauty, significance, memories & possibilities of the space.
Object Performance

Part 3: Purple

Speculative series of sudden & temporal object performances. Motive: remind residents of the beauty, significance, memories & possibilities of the space.
Object Performance

Part 3: Purple

Speculative series of sudden & temporal object performances. Motive: remind residents of the beauty, significance, memories & possibilities of the space.