This is a
modular system of independent student housing units that is adaptable to
different lots.
Each housing
unit is designed for one student and is organized in two floors; the private
floor is for the bedroom and the bathroom while the semi-public floor has a
living area and a study space.
Half of the
housing units are at ground level while the rest are positioned one level
higher creating open spaces for public covered plazas.
At the
midlevel there are public units that contain a kitchen and a lounge area that
are to be shared by the students.
Each unit has its own individual access and
the circulation among the units activates the public plazas created on the
rooftops of some units and in-between others. There is also vertical circulation
through stairs that facilitates the integration between the dorms, the plazas
and the urban space of the street.
The
arrangement of the units recalls the haphazard arrangement of the Greek
islands.
This modular
system gives students the privacy of their own dorm, the opportunity to
interact with other students in the shared spaces and areas of circulation, and
allows them to activate and integrate themselves into the urban fabric through
the use of the public spaces of the plazas.