Housing for Everyone Else

Traditionally,the goal of the home is to create the possibility of peaceful cohabitation. In many instances, the home is enforced as the basic living unit of society. As such, the subject of the house naturally takes the form of domestic family life. This prompts many to read the city as an amalgamation of nuclear family units

Contextually, housing in Singapore has been the exclusive embodiment of one type of human association: the nuclear family. Given that all societies define home and families in ways that institutionalise and legitimise certain relationships, the politically engendered housing narrative of the city-state has inhibited other forms of association based on values such as solidarity, collaboration and shared responsibility.

This project is not pitted against the nuclear family, but suggests that the proliferation of choice and variety in the housing stock could pave the way for much needed socio-economic progress; curtailing the stigmatisation of nontraditional family types by reflecting the diverse needs of the population, and keeping up with demographic changes. The project enforces the idea that while the nuclear family unit shall remain the dominant model for a long time to come, it is and should be just one, among many, possible associations; that there should be housing options for everyone else