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Sponge City

Ideas on Housing

Havana, Cuba

 

 

 

A residential building is proposed as a new form of communal living.

 

A vibrant mix of residential unit types organized around four courtyards and shared pathways form an urban complex. The design conceives of a vertical village that fosters chance encounters, social interactions, and collective participation necessary for community. In its porous formation, natural light and landscape are brought in to animate a complex for living.