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Tetris Housing
Tetris Housing
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Manhattan’s Grid is unrelenting. Given this framework and the zoning
parameters that promote it, Manhattan has developed a lineage of housing
typologies almost entirely tied to the grid. Within the Washington Heights
neighborhood, five main housing typologies blanket the area without any
significant variation.
Resultantly, the neighborhood suffers from a postage stamp application
of built form that does little to respond to the locational, environmental and
social context.
Tetris Housing proposes a different alternative. While acknowledging that rectangular
layouts are the most accommodating application when dealing with gridded infill
sites in Manhattan, Tetris Housing breaks free of the idea that right-angled
layouts need to accumulate into a cubic volumetric whole. By utilizing a pixilated system,
standardized modules are assigned to various programmatic groupings. Each module is then combined with
complementary programmatic modules in a variety of ways to form a unit. Units are then accumulated into a
volumetric whole with protrusions and intrusions maximizing light, air, and
views and creating welcomed outdoor space for residents. The goal is to create a new housing
typology that is sympathetic to New York City’s existing zoning, but pushes the
boundaries as to the ultimate idea of form.
parameters that promote it, Manhattan has developed a lineage of housing
typologies almost entirely tied to the grid. Within the Washington Heights
neighborhood, five main housing typologies blanket the area without any
significant variation.
Resultantly, the neighborhood suffers from a postage stamp application
of built form that does little to respond to the locational, environmental and
social context.
Tetris Housing proposes a different alternative. While acknowledging that rectangular
layouts are the most accommodating application when dealing with gridded infill
sites in Manhattan, Tetris Housing breaks free of the idea that right-angled
layouts need to accumulate into a cubic volumetric whole. By utilizing a pixilated system,
standardized modules are assigned to various programmatic groupings. Each module is then combined with
complementary programmatic modules in a variety of ways to form a unit. Units are then accumulated into a
volumetric whole with protrusions and intrusions maximizing light, air, and
views and creating welcomed outdoor space for residents. The goal is to create a new housing
typology that is sympathetic to New York City’s existing zoning, but pushes the
boundaries as to the ultimate idea of form.
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