The final project for a studio based on housing, this apartment complex mixes commercial and residential space to create a community center. The design takes a New York City block and slices into it, drawing people from the street into a central square. The square houses street vendors, and sits atop a basement grocery store, common in the city.
Apartments stretch from one world to another: inward to the piazza, and outward to the street. All of this is wrapped in a network of LED-infused cables, giving residents income from advertisements and personal messages broadcast on their facade.