Home + Town, 2019.
Domestic violence shelter, as a new type of short-term multi-family housing, has been under social problems, such as lack of "home" feeling and privacy between residents. Questioning on apartment building which is usually adopted as DV shelter, the project proposes a new type of housing which combines the efficiency of apartment building and function of healing for residents. This project extracts geometry of typical housing as cultural icon of home to invoke intimacy within home and encourage social activity through different spatial experiences. In addition, privacy is as one of the continuing issues to address. The design of the two street-facing facades mimics the street elevations on each street, making the building merge into the area of intersection of both residential area and commercial area.