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Location: Brunswick West, Melbourne

Year: 2022

Type: Housing Project

Functions: Living, Working, Retail

Project type: Individual, academic

Melbourne has been expanding outward ever since its foundation. This resulted in a very inefficient spread-out city layout. After decades of expanding it is time to find a new denser typology for the missing middle. As a reaction to the single-family detached houses, this typology introduces a neighborhood within a block. The orthagonal arrangement of the blocks is in sharp contrast with the large variety of indiginous species growing on the plot. The blocks are connected through galleries that allow for unexpected interaction. The roof is the expression of the block, and can be fully adjusted to the needs of the residents.