Ariel Flores

Kaizen Village

Kaizen Village is an attempt to bridge the gap of homeownership where previous shared-system housing provides questionable permanency, and eludes the fading international dream. The collective idea of owning a home is prevalent but no longer possible for millennials wanting to make this idea a reality.

Through affordable homes and a living community with the support of Kaizen (“change for better”) rationality, it is a platform that can provide for individuals who are willing to make a difference and understand the expectations out of the work they are willing to put into it.

This village accommodates the ‘self-made millennials ’ into a stable environment they can trust and rely to keep them in alignment with their future they have set for themselves. With Japanese spatial aspects and personalisation design elements in mind it is possible to create a village that both accommodates the needs of an individual personally and socially. Structured with modularity and customisation, it provides it’s residents and users the flexibility to adapt within this mode of living, also for the eventual changing needs of future generations that will benefit from the reactive variability of the housing market.