Pattern Language – Row Houses

The studio project was to design a group of row houses as a means of investigating the generic form of housing in medium to high density urban settings. Special importance was given to the relationship between public and private demands in such situations, and to the use of patterns in the process of designing. The initial site plan was done communally, in group discussions. Then, students chose their sites to design their own houses, while collaborating with their neighborbors for the shape of a path, for the location of balconies, and for similar issues which depended on common agreement.