Urban Infill
Architecture and design work on building within existing urban fabric, including small lots, gap sites, stacked housing and extensions to dense neighborhoods.
Zebulun Arquitetura Wraps a Landlocked Paquetá House Extension Around a Mature Mango Tree
In Paquetá, Brazil, a 538 ft² addition with no street view turns inward, organizing timber, brick and corrugated roofs around a single courtyard tree.
CO-LIVING HOUSE
The residents of this house are six people from three different generations. They are three couples, aged 20, 40 and 60, respectively. They have known each other for a long time and feel like family to one another. On this basis, the first decision taken was for a building whereby everything is shared. There are no walls in the house.
ZIPPER HOUSE
The project is entry for container city competi was conceptualized around the thought of someone unzipping their coat and revealing a surprising shirt. Likewise, the Zipper House appears as two interlocking housing blocks pulled apart to reveal a vibrant multi-story courtyard for everyday student use and gatherings.
Great job! Innovative use of spaces.
IDIN Architects Wraps a Hua Hin Hotel Around a Private Courtyard to Escape the City
Dusit D2 Hua Hin turns an urban infill site in Thailand's family vacation heartland into a self-contained resort through courtyard planning.
Mobile Architectural Office Stacks Six Timber Homes on a Paris Corner in Ten Days
A cross-laminated timber building near Canal Saint-Martin reinterprets faubourienne architecture with a very low carbon footprint.
MOBILE TREEHOUSE
Student accommodation laid out on a structural grid using 15 shipping containers. Designed for city coastal living for students who have an interest in water pobut can be defined in a denser, urban landscape.
BAST Slots a Four-Story Glass House into a Narrow Gap Between Toulouse Townhouses
In the dense Bonnefoy district, a stepped infill building merges home and office while preserving a majestic hackberry tree.
Sonelo Architects Carves Light and Air into a Narrow Richmond Townhouse
On a busy Melbourne arterial street, Burnley House uses perforated brick, lightwells, and courtyard gardens to find intimacy at urban scale.
PENCIL DWELLING
The one-unit-per-floor paradigm of Tokyo pencil building demonstrates both a natural solo dwelling and the Japanese social dilemma of loneliness. In an age of solo living, this project aims to address the following questions: - what space do you want to keep completely to yourself? - which part of li
Interesting research for the historical reason for the development of small pencil buildings in Tokyo. In Tokyo, there exists so many pencil buildings and small apartments, but they are all closed and lucking the possibility of communication. This idea present possible new way of half-open half-private living. The idea is experimental and realistic at the same time. I can imagine interesting life in this building through beautiful presentation.
MAKER Architecten Weaves Social Housing into Kortrijk's Dense Urban Fabric with Brick and Restraint
A social housing infill in Kortrijk, Belgium, negotiates between existing rooftops, rail corridors, and neighborhood memory with quiet force.
The Block by ISA Redefines Mixed-Use Urban Living in Philadelphia
Mixed-use building transforms parking lot into vibrant urban hub, enhancing walkability, density, and community through innovative circulation and porous design.
Berlin Backyard Tower 6x9: Compact Urban Living with Sustainable Design
Berlin Backyard Tower 6x9 is a compact seven-story residential tower with seven open-plan apartments, communal rooftop, and sustainable urban infill design.
CLUSTAINER
good!!
I like the idea of clusturing joints, which suggests many possibilities. Beautiful illustrations and diagrams!
Perfect!!!
Wide House by BLDUS: A Contemporary Alley House in Washington, D.C.
A long, light-filled, BLDUS-designed alley house using BamCore, balancing privacy and openness through screened porches, cedar cladding, and bamboo structure.
Kornmarktplatz Townhouse in Bregenz by Herzog & de Meuron
A Kornmarktplatz townhouse by Herzog & de Meuron blends historic façade, boutique hotel, cultural salon, and private living within Bregenz.
Soberrijk House: A Compact and Conscious Urban Infill in Ghent
Compact Ghent infill house with folded roof, reused materials, thick masonry walls, and indoor terrace balancing austerity and spatial richness.
Sky-Framed Living: A Vertical Courtyard Home in Isfahan
Introverted courtyard residence in Isfahan reinterprets traditional Sibe, restoring sky, privacy, light, and multigenerational living within dense urban fabric.
Vertical Park with Iranian Garden Approach: Stacking Garden Terraces into the Urban Infill Plot
Pourya Meshkati stacks timber garden platforms into an urban infill plot, turning the Iranian garden's terraces and shade into a vertical public park.
Really solid work with a good developed details.
Congratulations
Very suitable design for industrial (+heritage) zones of cities.