Breathable Corridors, 2021
Situated in Melrose, Bronx, this affordable housing project focuses on the role of natural ventilation in housing construction. An expansive interior courtyard in combination with cross ventilated single loaded apartments allows for air to travel freely throughout the apartments. The addition of vegetation in the courtyard and along the corridors provides a degree of air filtration in an area that is otherwise highly susceptible to the development of asthma in children. While the project remains within the acceptable range of square footage per unit to be considered affordable housing, it seeks to provide a quality of living through access to clean and open air, which can be unfortunatly overlooked in many affordable housing projects.
This project was completed in collaboration with Rebecca Faris for A4103-7 Architecture Studio III, taught by Galia Solomonoff at Columbia University, GSAPP.
Architecture
Situated in Melrose, Bronx, this affordable housing project focuses on the role of natural ventilation in housing construction. An expansive interior courtyard in combination with cross ventilated single loaded apartments allows for air to travel freely throughout the apartments. The addition of vegetation in the courtyard and along the corridors provides a degree of air filtration in an area that is otherwise highly susceptible to the development of asthma in children. While the project remains within the acceptable range of square footage per unit to be considered affordable housing, it seeks to provide a quality of living through access to clean and open air, which can be unfortunatly overlooked in many affordable housing projects.
This project was completed in collaboration with Rebecca Faris for A4103-7 Architecture Studio III, taught by Galia Solomonoff at Columbia University, GSAPP.
Architecture
