GOSSIP ALLEYS
URBAN HOUSING
WEITZMAN SCHOOL OF DESIGN
PORTFOLIO
4.03 Ground Floor and Market Plan
On the ground floor, there is a food market operated by immigrants . This a good opportunity for the immigrants to maintain and spread their home cultures . The food market would attract domestic people to come to the building. This will provide profits to help run services within the building and encourage interaction between the immigrants and other domestic people .
The gossip program draws inspiration from Vietnamese culture’s use of neighborly gossip and social interactions on small alleys to build community. The human-scaled design intrigues and helps facilitate face-to-face communication between residents. Gossip is viewed as a powerful tool to increase social cohesion by bringing people together. The parallel roadhouse structures are designed to weave into one another to create intimate “gossip alleys” that foster relationships through casual conversation. It also solves most immigrants’ problems such as feeling lonely, overwhelmed or isolated because of new environment and language barrier.
4.02 Typical Residential Floor Plan
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