The Flex House: Habitat in its Essence

The project is generated from Corbusier’s Dom-Ino system developed in 1914. With the clear notion that social housing finds in simplicity its biggest asset, Corbusier´s system offers not only this attribute, as it is an open system, where the flexibility of plan distribution and envelope act as main points. The design’s idea is to explore the possibilities of this scheme beyond the established visual of the slab on pilotis, to include in this architectural scenery the continuation of the beam system that extends itself beyond the original structure, forming a grid that predicts not only the restraint – where the structure extends, but also the expansion – how far the resident can go from his initial housing module.

Volume Editors
Amir Ameri & Rebecca O'Neal Dagg

ISBN
978-1-944214-14-2