This grouped dwelling development uses courtyards to balance communality and privacy, focusing on the provision of a flexible planning model that favours social housing principles — multi-generational occupation, universal accessibility, home office adaptability and internal subdivision — to accommodate growing and aging families.
On an infill site in a post-industrial setting, Officer Woods has designed a group of four houses. Rather than expressing each dwelling separately, Officer Woods has presented the dwellings as a single identity to the street, similar to a large house in the maisonette tradition. The built form engages with the material and construction language of nearby warehouses. Social sustainability is achieved by maximizing the current density in an established location with high amenity, while providing dual-key adaptability to allow dwellings to be divided if the site density code doubles in the future.