Scaling up the expandable house

How can a house be configured according to the resource consumption patterns of its residents? Learn more about phase two of the expandable house by the Urban Rural Systems team in ArchDaily.

From having just one floor at 36 m2 in 2018 to three floors at 108 m2 currently, the expandable house has grown to its maximum in Phase two. In phase two, all the technical systems required to raise the roof using manual labour and just simple tools, collect rainwater and solar energy as well as manage domestic waste have been tested successfully.

The expandable house project is led by the Urban Rural Systems team in the Future Cities Laboratory (FCL) programme. In the exponentially and rapidly growing cities of Asia, the expandable house offers affordable and sustainable options for housing. It is designed to be flexible in adapting to the fluctuating patterns of resource consumption and expenditure of its residents.

Phase three of the expandable house project is called Tropical Town and will involve the trialling of neighbourhood and township elements such as public spaces, alleyways and energy sharing systems with neighbours, among other elements.

Learn more about by external page phase two of the expandable house project on ArchDaily.