Shifted Outlines
wa-award 2017 & impact design competition 2022
Professor: Jacob van Rijs (MVRDV)
Team Members: Thalia Budin, Björn Becker
The project offers a new approach to the densification of modern cities.
Instead of closing the block, the building volume follows the contour of an empty site, providing small residential units whilst preserving the open, sometimes even green city spaces. With a depth less than 5 meters, the footprint of each apartment stays small enough to generate an affordable living space in even the most central locations of the city.
1. High rents in central locations
2. Increasing Gap
3. Unmet demand
Prefabrication
on Site
Component joint
Facade
