Social Housing
Affordable housing design addressing community needs, displacement, and inclusive living spaces.
rue royale architectes Sets Four Gridded Social Housing Blocks Around a Shared Garden in Bron
In Bron, near Lyon, a strict concrete grid filled with timber-lined loggias gives 5,791 m² of social housing a calm, generous relationship with its landsca
JVST Wraps a Raised Public Garden in Brick and Green Block for 118 Social Homes in The Hague
In The Hague's post-war Zichten district, Steenzicht 1A trades open slab planning for a courtyard block lifted over parking and opened to the street.
Slum Autonomy - A Paradox: A Balcony That Gives Rehoused Slum Dwellers Back Their Own Way of Using Space
A bamboo-railed balcony for rehabilitated slum housing in India turns loose wooden planks into seats, beds, shelves and a corner for worship.
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An Uber-for-balconies concept retrofits a Singapore public housing block with a modular exoskeleton of mobile, shareable rooms.
AQMA Builds 43 Social Housing Units Above a Future Metro Line in Nanterre
A mixed-use timber and precast concrete building at the gateway to Paris's Les Groues district negotiates infrastructure, density, and air.
Régis Roudil Wraps 46 Timber-Framed Social Housing Units into a Curved Courtyard Near Toulouse
A circular residence built from unfired earth brick and wood wool insulation anchors a new ecodistrict in Cornebarrieu, France.
SV60 Arquitectos Wraps 134 Homes Around a Green Lung in Eastern Seville
A permeable perimeter block in Sevilla Este uses cross-ventilation, ribbed metal cladding, and a shared courtyard to domesticate a heterogeneous suburb.
Arenas Basabe Palacios and Soyka/Silber/Soyka Build 65 Homes Around Servant Cores in Vienna
Born from a EUROPAN 12 win, three larch-clad residential blocks in north Vienna prioritize flexibility, light, and shared ground.
Three Studios Build 200 Affordable Units for Tulum's Displaced Hospitality Workers
Casa Selva embeds dark concrete housing blocks into Yucatán rainforest, offering dignified shelter to those priced out by the tourism they serve.
Spacon & X Turn a Copenhagen Film Warehouse into a 46-Unit Community Housing Experiment
On Amager island, a former film storage building becomes a colorful mixed-age coliving complex with 10 shared spaces and no private kitchens.
TAAs arquitectos Harness Madrid's Night Winds in 159 Social Housing Units
A prefabricated concrete complex in Carabanchel uses parametric courtyard networks to passively cool 22,675 square meters of public housing.
Four Studios Revive Mallorcan Sandstone and Timber to Build Social Housing in Santa Margalida
Ten public housing units on inland Mallorca prove that local materials and passive design can define a new standard for social architecture.
