Near Repetition
This project imagines Split Shift Stack as a prototype for the entire block: 90 units across three levels over a commercial/service ground floor. Accepting repetition as part of the economy of housing development, the project introduces a strategy of repetition that is difficult if not impossible, to detect. A near repetition that provides spaces for the dwellers to mark their territory with individuated artifacts such as planters or statues.
The units are laid out so that four units share a patio, allowing extended families to live nearby for social and practical purposes. The ground level is oriented perpendicular to the street and provides commercial and service functions to support a vibrant social fabric.
project info:
Worker's Housing / Queretaro, Mexico / unbuilt /
2018-19
client:
Infonavit
project credits:
principals: Ramiro Diaz-Granados, RNThomsen Architecture
design development team:
Ramiro Diaz Granados, Russell Thomsen, Daniel Hapton