Designed by METAFORM Architects, When it comes to housing, one of the main problems people are facing in most urban areas today, often places of constant growth and raising housing demands, is a need to choose an apartment typology over single-family houses not because of their desire, but out of necessity. Their main concerns can be summed up as the following:
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Typically, in people?s minds residential buildings often imply ?a life in a box?, without living quality, feeling of belonging and identity; a lack of natural light and a view;

Proximity to the neighbors resulting in the lack of privacy, both visual and acoustic

The insufficient physical space in various forms for a life of comfort.
In our approach, the idea was to carefully analyze these issues and respond by using them as a base point of transformation into resources, and furthermore into qualities, thus bringing a new vision of a collective housing typology.

Urban context, specific terrain conditions, and plot shape gave a possibility for a unique approach, with reflection and response to the named issues.
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Curved street, very steep topography and three-century-old trees ? all conditioned the initial shape. Due to a specific context (small-scaled housing units on one side and large-scale apartment block on the other) splitting the main volume into six vertically shifted blocks adjusts the building to its surroundings. The density is p...