本次项目始于设计师对打破传统垂直住宅过渡区域的组织方式的渴望。旨在通过扩大住宅间的交界并赋予其更多活力，来模糊私有与公共区域的界限，从而为附近的居民创造更为丰富的生活体验。

▼鸟瞰，aerial view

From the outset, the design was informed by a desire to challenge the organizational limitations of the typical vertical housing block. The objective was to expand, to blur, to make more dynamic the realm between public and private, interior and exterior, thereby creating new and more diverse possibilities for encounter between residents.

▼街头视角下的项目，from the street view

在20世纪初的墨西哥，Vecindad是一种常见的工人阶级住房类型。受此启发，设计团队将一栋住宅单元划分为两个独立体量，家庭住宅被安排在一个私人走廊式露台的一侧或两侧。这些露台在繁华的街道和家庭住宅之间，充当着一个可供居民日常活动的宽阔过渡空间。

▼住宅间的露天过渡区域，the transition area between the houses

We opted to divide the dwelling units between two separate volumes, a decision in- spired by the Vecindad, a common working-class housing type in Mexico dating to the turn of the 20th century, in which family dwellings are arranged to one or both sides of an open-air, private corridor-like patio. These patios serve as a lter or transitional space between the bustling street and the family home, and further function as gathering places for residents.

▼剖面图，section