How could architecture preempt the varying conditions of inhabiting space?
a.L.U. (actual Living Unit) proposes a research methodology about living in the 21st century.
It resulted in the development of a toolbox for flexible or mobile housing; an architecture that adapts to place, time, individual living conditions and environment. An infinite number of possible program combinations is created by the extraction of parts of a larger arsenal.
The urban toolbox and an architectural kit of parts is obedient to the logic of actual use.
This research informs projects such as Container Housing or Progressive Housing, which was applied in the Sintiopia project in Nicaragua. Various possibilities for flexibility schemes in mid-, low- and high-rise developments were developed for the Sustainable Housing project in Costa Rica, as well as the Westelijke Tuinsteden in Amsterdam (WTA).
Credit
Oliver Schütte with Marije van Lidth de Jeude and project specific support.
Various locations, 2002 – ongoing.