Driven by an interest in housing and collective living, this design research project proposes a prototype that reframes domestic activities as social practices extending beyond the private threshold. Through investigations across scales, from furniture and room configurations to building and urban interface, it explores how softened boundaries can foster new forms of collective living.
Rather than a housing solution, it stands as a provocation against profit-driven models, questioning how we will live together in a future where sharing is not a compromise but a luxury.
A shared rooftop space
A space without clear predetermined functions, where daily rituals overlap and coexist.
A shared living room
A negotiation between interior and exterior
Building envelope
Facade system with operable perforated panels and open-air balconies that negotiate transparency and visibility
In the spirit of reconciliation Monash University acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
