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Collective housing refers to residential typologies designed to accommodate multiple households within a shared building or complex, balancing individual privacy with communal spaces and shared amenity. As cities face growing housing pressures, collective housing has become a key vehicle for architects to address density, affordability, and sustainability, often referencing the social ideals of social housing movements.
START-Ivry is a five-tower housing cluster in Ivry-sur-Seine that treats the dwelling plan as the primary generator of architecture. Slender volumes, a mixed-use plinth, and a continuous seventh-floor band of…
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Barcelona’s escalating housing crisis, marked by rising costs and inflexible development strategies, has revealed the limitations of conventional urban planning. In response to this pressing challenge, the Illa Glòries housing…
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In the wake of World War II, Europe was confronted with an unprecedented housing crisis. Marseille, like many other cities, was marred by the scars of war, leaving thousands without…
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