Shared Individuality

New Haven, CT
Team C
Selected Proposal

Our design seeks to provide refuge and opportunity for individuals who have once experienced homelessness by expressing a sense of property, enclosure and safety. In the same way the existing wall anchors the site to its immediate context, the four bars serve as anchor points that connect the building to its site. Walls emerge to suggest navigation and nestling moments of overlap which create gradients of private space. At the core, through a central skylight that illuminates both residences, we hope to impress a shared individuality. Overlapping semi-transparent and opaque boundaries create a comfortable coexistence between two residents while mainting individual privacy and a connection to the site and community at large.