Designing experience through architecture and environment:
Housing Superblock
A proposal for an urban superblock, merging high-density housing with open green space.
Yale College // Junior Spring Studio
Keith Krumwiede and Joyce Hsiang // instructors
The superblock must accommodate 48 units on a 200’ by 400’ block, with a FAR of 1.5. Although unit types should vary to allow for many possible resident configurations, all units must offer access to open space — whether via private lot or shared public area.
The superblock cuts and peels the ground plane to create a habitable surface that supports public open space above and encloses individual private space below. The topography create courtyards within that provide relief from the surroundings, while also dividing the complex into two sides to allow cross-block circulation.
