Leyuan Yu

Nowadays our reliance on electronic equipment to work, learn, and recreate is getting more severe than ever, which was also greatly enhanced by covid-19 because it forces people to work and learn from home. The sequela of excessive usage of digital devices such as mental problems, eye diseases, and unhealthy postures also tortures many of us.

Digi-Balance Housing explores people’s harmonious co-existence with digital devices. Departing from this concept, the project proposes a residential building with full access to private outdoor spaces, well-developed communal amenities, and cozy home offices to encourage people to grasp some realistic happiness from life and provide them with a comfortable environment to work and learn. The garden flats on the lower two floors enjoy the beautiful central courtyard and private periphery yard, and each top villa unit owns a private garden and deck. As an urban response to Melbourne’s suburb context, this project also corresponds with the suburb’s skyline.