housing
for 10
generations
What if an architect could design an area with a sense of belonging for the residents and the public, where one would want to dwell and within this design buildings that are designed for disassembly to meet the changing needs of the occupants for at least 200 years?
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Buildings outlive us and loom over us like monuments of inadaptability or outdatedness. We often live in homes where the buildings we occupy may be decades or hundreds of years old. The structure, facade and internal walls are not easily changed, leaving only the furniture and services to be updated. The latter is a good indication of the buildings ability to sustain a long life without becoming obsolete for modern lifestyles.
“Almost no buildings adapt well”.
Stewart Brand, How Buildings Learn (1994):
The trick to designing for disassembly is to imagine buildings as a series of layers. Should a layer need updating, it can simply be removed without damaging other components. To what extent could designing for disassembly be used as a method sustaining useful, habitable dwellings.
