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Tiny House 2022 Competition
The House Within
Team: Vandy Cheang & Sophie Zhou (University of Melbourne)
With the rising cost of living exacerbated by a global pandemic, a lack of affordable housing is experienced by cities around the world. Therefore, this project aims to provide compact, easy and low cost construction housing that can be situated in any environment from urban to suburban to off-grid. Rather than aiming to connect with its context, these houses focus inwards to provide inhabitants with an internalised urban oasis. The adaptable nature of this housing type locates necessities in the centre, leaving the rest of the house completely customisable to adapt to different lifestyles.
The house is 8.4m x 3.3m wide was designed to be easily assembled and reconstructed using the modular structure while providing users with a highly flexible and functional wall to serve a small space. The central space within the house is 3.4m x 1.85m, houses the services and simultaneously acts as a buffer between the public and private space.
THE DIAGRAMS
Space making
A wall but also functional
A house and many other things later
THE PLAN
A house for couple
An internal veranda centre the house as a service space and surrounded by functional spaces.
A house for two friends
Internally, shelfing are added for growing storage. Externally, planter boxes grow for more planting.
The Inside
Transitioning spaces
A public space, follow by an enclosed semi-private space abutting the private sleeping quarter
Never really a wall
Sometimes a wall, sometimes a storage space, sometimes a tv desk, at times a backing for a basin but mostly for privacy and daylighting
The overall
The outside
On the outskirt of Victoria
On a grassland of victoria seats a timber structure that is a living quarter for two, also planting strips for herbs and crops.
Anywhere and Everywhere
On top a roof, on an open street scape, also on a small hill by the sea
The inside
Outside the central veranda
Translucent frosted tempered glass contain shower splashes and provide privacy
A table, a kitchen then a living space
A private space
A basin at the edge of the wall but the tap slightly off centered
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