Interactive Dwelling: Public Space, Private Space and the Space In-Between

Abstract

The central premise of this thesis is to begin to challenge preconceived notions of dwelling and to create a new way to dwell in a dense urban environment. One of the most important concerns for this project is the idea of interaction and how architecture itself can encourage individuals to interact with other members of a community. This project will explore ideas of private, semi-private, public, and semi-public space, while seeking opportunities to bring them together throughout the built form. Weaving, layering and intersecting spaces will begin to shape (reshape) relationships and program adjacencies in and around the built form. This market rate housing development will include a variety of functions to best understand how people interact on many levels: working, playing, eating, socialiZing, etc... This thesis project will also attempt to address and satisfy the basic needs of both the individual and the whole through finding a middle ground between the two realms of public space and private space and blurring them in a creative and unique way.