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Adaptable Housing is a collective typology meant to help transit city dwellers from tenants to owners. The initial unit module area (sqm) is gauged to the median family structure and available mortgage for working couples with minimum income. The versatility of the structure allows inhabitants to dynamically expand vertically or horizontally based on the growth in their financial ability and space requirements. While they have the liberty to buy and sell, under no circumstance they shall be subsidized as only by owning in it will they feel obligation towards it. Additionally, these projects are not meant to be a transitory phase for ‘low income’ residents but rather a mix of different incomes by having the ability to grow around a structure. The Adaptable Housing enables belonging initially and growing from there on.
AH is an architectural mechanism, within new and existing buildings. It helps city dwellers own and grow (or shrink) within their city without the need to move out. Minimizing commute, reducing traffic, enlivening streets by pedestrian activity, and sustaining neighborliness are some socio-urbanistic benefits. Psychological and socio-economical benefits are the opportunity brought forward to enable city dwellers to own and self-actualize while simultaneously seeking shelter by shear living. Flattening Maslow’s pyramid, eroding rentier economies, and enabling dwellers to own in their city, help create a more sustainable society with less wealth disparity, where living is an asset and not a liability.
In collaboration with GTA
