Modular Space
Architectural Design:
Sasan Sahafi, Melis Cankara
Building Type: Housing
GIA: 9m²/unit
Location: Refugee Camp
Design Date: 2008
Status: Proposal
The aim of the project is a simple and rapid housing product with and materials, unlike conventional modular living spaces. Actually, we designed a light, interlocking, interchangeable, foldable and portable frames and planning for combinations in order to create a housing area. We thought of local and light materials for the shell.
The other idea in this project is that the settler could need another space in the process of time or contrary, the settler could need less space, thereby could buy or sell units to change the units’ combination.
In the design to adapt these units we thought of 3 ways; flattened, horizontal and vertical combinations. We paid special attention to the fact that the system included living in nature and green areas. Hence, we designed some courtyards and garden units between the living components in both vertical and horizontal combinations.