Holistic Housing Design Toolkit: Design Your Home

10 Flexible Unit Layouts for Multi-Family Dwellings

Design

Your Home

What layout works best for your household now?

Hawai‘i Housing Lab was ignited by a collaboration between the Hawai‘i Public Housing Authority and the University of Hawai‘i through the UH Community Design Center

© 2023 Karla Sierralta & Brian Strawn

In this set:

• 10 Flexible Unit Layouts for Multi-family Dwellings

TYPE TRADE-OFFS

At a glance

10 Residential Floor Plan Options

Small lānai, larger living space

Lānai as outdoor room

Small lānai, larger living space

Lānai as outdoor room

Long lānai, bedroom in back

Extra large lānai, bedroom in front

Lānai as outdoor room, bedroom in front

Lānai as outdoor room, split bedroom

Long lānai, bedroom in back

Multiple, shared living spaces with private bath and kitchens

What’s on the card?

Reference Number

Unit Type

5 types, 10 layouts

Description

Key layout preferences and trade-offs

Illustration

Furnished floor plans, focusing on bedroom location and indoor outdoor relationships

Think about: What layout works best for your household now?

Sort by:

• Unit Type

Pair with:

• Design Alphabet Cards

Compare to:

• Imagine Your Community Cards

Unit Realm

M1 Micro Unit #1

• 250 – 300 square feet

• Small lānai

• Larger living space

Compact closet

Additional Closet

Built-in storage

Murphy Bed Sitting area ~

~ Interior 300 sf

~ Exterior 50 sf

M2 Micro Unit #2

• 250 – 300 square feet

• Lānai as outdoor room

~ Interior 250 sf

~ Exterior 100 sf

~ 12 feet

Compact closet

Murphy Bed Sitting area

Built-in storage

S1 Studio #1

• 350 – 500 square feet

• Small lānai

• Larger living space

Potential for washer/dryer

Closet

Built-in storage

Murphy Bed Sitting area ~

~ Interior 410 sf

~ Exterior 60 sf

S2 Studio #2

• 350 – 500 square feet

• Lānai as outdoor room

Potential for washer/dryer

Closet

~ Interior 350 sf

~ Exterior 120 sf

~ 16 feet

Built-in storage

Murphy Bed Sitting area

Bedroom

• 500 – 800 square feet

• Long lānai

• Bedroom in back

Washer / Dryer

Built-ins

Living

L

~ Interior 410 sf

~ Exterior 60 sf ~

• 1,000 – 1,200 square feet

• Lānai as outdoor room

• Split bedroom

#1

~ Interior 800 sf ~ Exterior 160 sf ~ 30 feet

2B2 Two Bedroom #2

• 1,000 – 1,200 square feet

• Long lānai

• Bedroom in back

Bedroom

~ Interior 770 sf

~ Exterior 190 sf

~ 30 feet

CO1 Co-Living #1

• 1,500 – 2,000 square feet

• Multiple, shared living spaces with private bath and kitchens

~ Interior 1550 sf

~ Exterior 375 sf

~ 75 feet