Ziyang Yuan

Housing is not only about living but also about lifestyle and social bonding. Beyond the traditional housing that creates the individual space for each user, my approach of the collaborative design seeks the balance between private and communal space to achieve co-working, co-gardening, co-learning, and co-living. Under the running of this co-living system, I aimed to create flexible space for the private units by installing customizable and movable furniture to achieve high spatial adaptability. Meanwhile, bring strong cross ventilation and solar access to all the apartments. The courtyard becomes the high-quality social center for the residents, the plenty of courtyard space includes a water garden and kid sand ground brings residents a strong scene of community. The access galleries around the courtyards also help to strengthen the connection in the communal space.