designboom's MODES OF HABITATION Chapter Explores How Homes Shape and Are Shaped by Their Inhabitants
Sofia Lekka Angelopoulou has introduced the MODES OF HABITATION chapter on designboom, prompting a discussion on whether our homes reflect the world we aspire to create. This chapter examines various living environments, such as the Bioscleave House by Shusaku Arakawa and Madeline Gins, which incorporates uneven floors intended to prolong life, and Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky's Frankfurt Kitchen, often critiqued for perpetuating traditional gender roles. In 2022, Kisho Kurokawa's Nakagin Capsule Tower was taken down. The Jan Michalski Foundation in Switzerland provides cabins designed by Kengo Kuma & Associates for writers. Supaform's Transit Encounters brings back the idea of the conversation pit. The book HOUSING — 33 Answers to the Housing Question showcases a variety of housing solutions. In Athens, BIG's Park Rise offers 88 residences, while OMA's David Gianotten cautions against a one-size-fits-all fifteen-minute city. Additionally, digital nomadism is transforming housing across multiple urban areas.
Key facts
- Sofia Lekka Angelopoulou launched the MODES OF HABITATION chapter on designboom.
- Shusaku Arakawa and Madeline Gins designed Bioscleave House with uneven floors and balance poles to prevent habitual movement.
- Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky developed the Frankfurt Kitchen for the Neues Frankfurt housing program in the 1920s.
- Kisho Kurokawa's Nakagin Capsule Tower, with 140 prefabricated capsules, was dismantled in 2022.
- The Jan Michalski Foundation in Switzerland hosts nine writer cabins by Kengo Kuma & Associates, ELEMENTAL, Studio MK27, and Rintala Eggertsson.
- Supaform's Transit Encounters by Maxim Shcherbakov at Alcova revived the conversation pit with a green seating landscape around a turntable.
- HOUSING — 33 Answers to the Housing Question, edited by Laura Traub, presents cooperative models, shared spaces, adaptive reuse, and renovation.
- BIG's Park Rise in Athens, within The Ellinikon development, comprises 88 homes with cascading planted terraces.
Entities
Artists
- Sofia Lekka Angelopoulou
- Shusaku Arakawa
- Madeline Gins
- Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky
- Kisho Kurokawa
- Kengo Kuma
- Maxim Shcherbakov
- Laura Traub
- Javier Senosiain
- Hanna Johansson
- David Gianotten
Institutions
- designboom
- Reversible Destiny Foundation
- Kengo Kuma & Associates
- ELEMENTAL
- Studio MK27
- Rintala Eggertsson
- Jan Michalski Foundation
- Supaform
- Alcova
- ChartierDalix
- BIG
- OMA
- The Ellinikon
- MAXXI
- Neues Frankfurt
Locations
- Yoro Park
- Japan
- Tokyo
- Switzerland
- Mexico City
- Mexico
- Athens
- Greece
- Rome
- Italy
- Taipei
- Taiwan
- Amsterdam
- Netherlands
- Lisbon
- Portugal
- Bali
- Indonesia
- Madrid
- Spain
- China