The relationships that happened within the single house were reinterpreted into a larger scale that could adapt better to the urban environment especially to the DC environment. The co-op structure is based on the restraints of an apartment building and the bee wall that structure throughout the house. The idea of the bee co-op is to also engage the idea that the building is within itself a community. This addresses mostly the matters of occupancy. The main premise is that by using the network of pollination territories [fig.9] one of those instances is developed into a comprehensive project. Ideally that one instance is developed as the most ambitious of the typologies and creates a model for development within the network. After defining the program, several sites were examined within the downtown area of DC [fig 16]. These sites were examined according to their neighborhood and their engagement with neighboring buildings. The site chosen was the one that was specifically located in a residential area of the city. The site is located in between Georgetown and Downtown on the west end. The area is characterized for its residential character and the courtyard typology of the residential houses.
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