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Yee Foo (Vincent) Lai; Douglas Lee

Temporary Office

New York City, United States of America
Under the design collective of ​Temporary Office,​ Yee Foo and Douglas, sometimes in collaboration with their friends and colleagues, have worked on several competitions crossing the boundaries of architecture, public space and preservation. With a strong focus on historic research and precedence, we seek to constructively respond to the ever-changing needs of our environment in a rational yet playful way.

Call for ideas 2021

Common-sky


Re-creating a common ground between new and old housing

Common-sky


Re-creating a common ground between new and old housing
Vernacular dwelling model to curb housing shortages and strengthen community
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Type of project
  • Systemic changes

London is blessed to have a conglomeration of experimental post-war high-rise social housing. It has successfully provided a quick re-housing for the population with its modern modular construction method. Now, many of these housings are facing threats of demolishing due to poor serviceability, safety and community management.

We propose instead of demolishing the old, existing estates should serve as scaffold to building new communities. Existing community density and building proportions will guide the new housing density and structural composition respectively. The proposed housing attachment will revitalize the community life by creating a flexible common space in between the new and existing in the sky. This space aims at recalibrating the social programs relevant for revitalizing the shared community between current estate’s residents and future tenants. We call this the ‘common-sky’ typology. Alton Estate in Roehampton will be used as a testing bed for this new typology.


Common-sky


Re-creating a common ground between new and old housing

Common-sky


Re-creating a common ground between new and old housing
Vernacular dwelling model to curb housing shortages and strengthen community
File under
Type of project
  • Systemic changes

London is blessed to have a conglomeration of experimental post-war high-rise social housing. It has successfully provided a quick re-housing for the population with its modern modular construction method. Now, many of these housings are facing threats of demolishing due to poor serviceability, safety and community management.

We propose instead of demolishing the old, existing estates should serve as scaffold to building new communities. Existing community density and building proportions will guide the new housing density and structural composition respectively. The proposed housing attachment will revitalize the community life by creating a flexible common space in between the new and existing in the sky. This space aims at recalibrating the social programs relevant for revitalizing the shared community between current estate’s residents and future tenants. We call this the ‘common-sky’ typology. Alton Estate in Roehampton will be used as a testing bed for this new typology.



Idea by

Yee Foo (Vincent) Lai; Douglas Lee
Temporary Office
New York City
United States of America
Under the design collective of ​Temporary Office,​ Yee Foo and Douglas, sometimes in collaboration with their friends and colleagues, have worked on several competitions crossing the boundaries of architecture, public space and preservation. With a strong focus on historic research and precedence, we seek to constructively respond to the ever-changing needs of our environment in a rational yet playful way.