URBAN HOUSING
This project began with the decision to keep the existing historical facade on the site. By choosing to preserve it, I took on the challenge of embracing its character and integrating it respectfully into the new proposal. This allowed the latest development to remain rooted in the memory of the existing Tradeston community and acknowledge its historical context. Rather than entirely clearing the site, the preserved facade became a threshold, a clear boundary between the public street and the new private housing behind it.
The housing block behind the facade introduces a system of internal corridors and layered routes, designed to encourage a sense of community through shared circulation and opportunities for interaction. These routes create moments of encounter and pause, evoking the experience of navigating historic city blocks, where narrow passages and informal rhythms naturally foster neighbourly connections. I intentionally avoided sterile housing layouts that discourage belonging and social cohesion.
This design approach seeks to balance public and private space, preserve memory and continuity, and ground the new intervention within a site-specific narrative and spatial logic. It avoids generic solutions in favour of meaningful, context-driven design.
