Image from Gramazio Kohler Research, ETH Zurich. Sourced at https://gramaziokohler.arch.ethz.ch/web/e/forschung/221.html
Image from Gramazio Kohler Research, ETH Zurich. Sourced at https://gramaziokohler.arch.ethz.ch/web/e/lehre/199.html
Image from Gramazio Kohler Research, ETH Zurich. Sourced at https://gramaziokohler.arch.ethz.ch/web/e/lehre/219.html

NextGenHighrise - Community

Sub-Category:
Research
Category:
Reconfigurable
Index:
87
Start Date:
2019
End Date:
2021
Role:
PI Principal Investigator
Concept:
Duration (weeks):
108
No of Designs or Design Iterations:
1
No of Collaborators:
6
No of Students:
Award | Publication | Exhibition:
Biennale Architettura 2021 - How Will We Live Together?
2021
Contribution to the Singapore National Pavilion, to gather: The Architecture of Relationships
Averaging 465 visitors per day to the Singapore Pavilion (82,000+ visitors as of 15/11/2021)
https://to-gather.sg/
Next Generic Residential High-Rise - Flexible Housing Typologies and their Social and Environmental Sustainability
2019
Heckmann, O., Budig, M., Ng, A.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Paper and presentation

We propose a highly adaptable dwelling model that is deliberately generic and open-ended. Such adaptability would also allow radically different and user-driven concepts when new residential construction projects are being launched. The exemplary unit ribbons illustrate the versatility to accommodate diverse models of cohabitation. They enable numerous adaptations and allow divisions, connections and re-programming of units to respond to increasingly unpredictable changes in people’s life-cycles, with minimal changes of the hard-ware. Unexpected shifts can thus be accommodated, enabling residents to stay in their familiar neighbourhoods and to extend a building’s service life-time. Combining different demographic needs, income levels and cultural backgrounds will generate inclusive and diverse residential communities.

Collaborators:
Oliver Heckmann, Amanda Ng Qi Boon, Clement Lork, Loo Jun Wen, Zachary Xuereb Conti, Ray Cheng Chern Xi
Students:
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Images (c) Gramazio Kohler Research, ETH Zurich
Images (c) Gramazio Kohler Research, ETH Zurich
Images (c) Gramazio Kohler Research, ETH Zurich
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eth-49664-01.pdf
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eth-49662-01_compressed.pdf
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eth-49663-01_compressed_01.pdf
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eth-49663-01_compressed_02.pdf
Collaborators:
Oliver Heckmann, Amanda Ng Qi Boon, Clement Lork, Loo Jun Wen, Zachary Xuereb Conti, Ray Cheng Chern Xi
Students: