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MULTI-GENERATIONAL HOUSING
Space of community and sense of true home
Location: Shieldfield, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 1UY
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Project date: 2021
Description: The design might be characterized as a five-story structure featuring a single-story void that forms a communal outdoor area on the southern side. The building’s layout is such that most of the shared spaces are situated on the ground floor. The northern section of the building is allocated for office spaces available for rent, aiming to encourage local business growth. Meanwhile, the first through fourth floors house apartments, with each floor accommodating 6 flats.
The project puts the emphasis on three primary concepts that served as the core inspiration for the design. Following this, I will delve into these ideas with greater elaboration: adaptability of space, seamless mobility and inclusivity for individuals with disabilities, balancing involvement and personal space
By saying «space flexibility» I mean its adaptability depending on users needs. Reading the sources such as Radical Housing, I understood that the spaces of multigenerational housing should be customisable «perform» successfully.
As I already mentioned, requirements and understanding of comfort for each users group is different, thus I would like to give them an opportunity to personalise, change and customise their own space.
The design is also driven by the idea to make space for disabled people, where they would feel comfortable and less limited in terms of movement. I have don a little study of «designing space for disabled people». So ho it affected the The building has wider door openings and corridors, more «opened spaces», the area allottedfor bathrooms and an elevator is calculated to enable the movement of wheelchair.( Such decisions also provide comfortable movementfoe people with strollers). Designing the building, I wanted to provide privacy as well as engagement for my users. I was thinking about privacy on different scales: privacy and engagement in the whole building; privacy and engagement in a flat.
