Highrise of Homes
Theoretical project by SITE - 1981
This housing structure offers apartment dwellers the unique advantages of garden space and personalized architectural identity in a multi-story condominium. The building is a steel and concrete matrix supporting a vertical community of private homes, clustered into village-like communities on each floor. One of the objectives is to offer an alternative to conventional housing design in the cityscape - replacing it with an anti-formalist urban collage of indeterminacy, idiosyncrasy and cultural diversity created by residents themselves.
Highrise of Homes – 1981 – Color rendering by J. Wines showing a multi-story matrix that can accommodate a vertical community of private houses, clustered into distinct village-like communities on each floor.
Highrise of Homes - Theoretical project by SITE for urban locations in the USA – 1981 – Axonometric drawing by J. Wines, showing individual floor space occupancy with random choices of gardens and home façades.
Highrise of Homes - Theoretical project by SITE for urban locations in the USA – 1981 – Sun and Rain drawing by J. Wines, differentiating between lower and upper floors.
Highrise of Homes – Theoretical project by SITE for urban locations in the USA – 1981 – City view.
Highrise of Homes – Theoretical project by SITE for urban locations in the USA – 1981 – Main perspectival view.
Highrise of Homes – Theoretical project by SITE for urban locations in the USA – 1981 – Axonometric of an Open Center Plan version by J. Wines.
Highrise of Homes – Theoretical project by SITE for urban locations in the USA – 1981 – Perspective of a ‘U’ shaped version by J. Wines.