images and text drawn from https://www. reurbanhousing.com/meyer-grohbruegge where there are more images, text and diagrams. See also https://www.meyer-grohbruegge.com/ projects/kurfuerstenstrasse-142 each tower is continuous, without clear boundaries. Privacy and connection come from level changes, corners and sightlines; a radical co-living approach that stresses flexibility for residents to sort out what can actually be shared and what they want to keep private. adjoining towers question the traditional boundaries between apartment dwellers and their neighbours by sharing living space: no interior walls or hallways except for bathrooms, living space throughout 6 Meyer-Grobruegge, Berlin This firm, always questioning the staus quo, looks for simple architectural expression for complex problems through reduction: reduction of form, material and resources. Sustainability is a given; size, materials and openness are as important as function. Kurfürstenstrasse , in collaboration with Sam Chermayeff Office, Berlin, 2022: 25 units in six
7 Mecanoo, Delft Founded in 1984 and led by Francine Houben, Mecanoo has a considerable portfolio of work at all scales, focusing on complex multifunctional projects acknowledging that functions of any building will change over time, and preparing for it. Their social housing centres on affordable living spaces defined by flexibility, the right balance of private and communal spaces, mixed housing types and a connection with the environment. Amstel Design District , in collaboration with KettingHuls, Amsterdam (in progress) emphasises a flexible framework to ensure long-term resiliency through a range of amenities and functions that build a sustainable, inclusive and varied community: social and market housing, office and retail space, communal facilities and a design museum. Young creatives, young urban residents: the city is their living room, housing is both a departure point and a place of relaxation. This project integrates and enhances spaces-between where chance and heterogeneity can occur.
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