Adaptive Sharing

Shared space is nothing new. There are numerous examples of co-working area, communal living or multi-function spaces designed all over the world. The boundary of the public/private, open/enclosed or owned/occupied etc. has never been clear.

However, this blurred line might not be static and planned as the building was designed and built. Especially in the new era of Sharing Economy, the idea of space sharing might be generated from a more bottom-up and instant need deviating from initial design intend. For instance, Airbnb allows residential units for long term accommodation to become a temporary shelter for stranger. There is a dynamic expansion and compression between the program and space. How can architecture adapt itself structurally and functionally? And how can space transform and redefine itself by the interference of different stakeholders under the ever changing sharing mode?

Shared House integrating private rooms and communal area

Masao Nishikawa & Yoshiaki Tsutsui, LT城西, Available from: http://www.narukuma.com/ltjosai/ (Accessed 22 September 2016)

9hours Kyoto, Available from: https://ninehours.co.jp/en/kyoto/ (Accessed 23 September 2016)

9hours Kyoto, Available from: https://ninehours.co.jp/en/kyoto/ (Accessed 23 September 2016)

 

Co-Housing Competition Entry for UN competition for urban mass housing, Improvistos, Available from: http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/02/16/385528919/not-a-group-house-not-a-commune-europe-experiments-with-co-housing (Accessed 22 September 2016)

Co-Housing Competition Entry for UN competition for urban mass housing, Improvistos, Available from: http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/02/16/385528919/not-a-group-house-not-a-commune-europe-experiments-with-co-housing (Accessed 22 September 2016)

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