This studio is an advanced design lab focused in dwelling and architecture in cities. Students will design a residential complex in a challenging urban environment interconnecting morphological, typological and technological solutions applied in innovative housing configurations. It deals with the themes of dwellers & inhabitation; stacking and linking; modularity and variation; access and circulation; dwelling configurations and types; construction systems, skin and climate control; and sustainability sound approaches and principles applied in critical situations and design scenarios.
Theoretical, spatial and technological advancements are explored through comprehensive architectural methods and tools, game plans, spatial experimentation, digital craft architecture and model making; allowing a high design level of originality, novelty and creativity.
The design brief is aligned with the social design agenda of housing architecture [UN principles of Sustainable Development Goals + New Urban Agenda Habitat].
