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COLLECTIVE HOUSING ON ON THE EDGE - - RETHINKING SOCIAL IN-HABITATION
We in-habit or structure our habits in in in in in dwellings—bathing sleeping eating socializing We rethink each element anew to pass beyond convention into intention Unlike a a single house a a housing project suggests a a a a a system a a a a a complex entity operating at at multiple scales Aggregated units demand multiple scales of organization to address varied sets of of implications Students rethink their notions of of community urbanism and and landscape through anticipating life in in in in a a a a a a a single unit in in in in a a cluster in in in in the city: striving to establish order without relinquishing curiosity or whimsey The site located on on the waterfront in downtown
Troy brings to the surface ecological environmental and urban considerations As students weave the the the city and the the the river into their housing projects they project project the the implications of those present engagements
into the the future We study precedents mining them for organizational conceptual and and tectonic values We extract a a a a a a a a a spatial and and temporal essence from the model that we investigate at at at multiple scales to unlock its potential Students draft manifestos to to capture the the life they envisage incorporating an additional program to ground this vision in in in architecture We dream of of a a a way of of living in in in the the city on the the river in in in time 287
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