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Living together.

Sioch, Mateusz LU (2025) AAHM10 20251
Department of Architecture and Built Environment
Abstract
This thesis investigates multigenerational living as
an architectural response to contemporary social
fragmentation and urban isolation, offering an
alternative model of dwelling grounded in collective
domestic life. Drawing from personal experiences of
growing up partly within an extended family, the work is
motivated by these factors: intergenerational bonds, the
timeless human tendency toward communal living, and
the emotional richness embedded in ordinary, shared
moments. Rather than proposing multigenerational
housing as a universal ideal or a competing typology, the
thesis positions itself as a flexible and inclusive option -
one that can adapt to diverse society, culture, and needs
of the family.

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This thesis investigates multigenerational living as
an architectural response to contemporary social
fragmentation and urban isolation, offering an
alternative model of dwelling grounded in collective
domestic life. Drawing from personal experiences of
growing up partly within an extended family, the work is
motivated by these factors: intergenerational bonds, the
timeless human tendency toward communal living, and
the emotional richness embedded in ordinary, shared
moments. Rather than proposing multigenerational
housing as a universal ideal or a competing typology, the
thesis positions itself as a flexible and inclusive option -
one that can adapt to diverse society, culture, and needs
of the family.

Set in Malmö, Sweden, the project takes shape as a
fill-in intervention within the existing urban fabric. At
its core is a modular grid system that enables spatial
adaptability: varying unit configurations accommodate
a wide range of family constellations, from simple
structures to extended kin networks, but also the ones
not even suggested - as the spatial possibilities are
infinitely expandable. This architectural strategy seeks
for a solution to key tensions in multigenerational living
- such as privacy versus togetherness, autonomy versus
obligation, and permanence versus change - by offering
both structural clarity and functional flexibility. Through
theoretical research and design experimentation,
the thesis explores how architecture can support not
just coexistence, but meaningful intergenerational
relationships across time. It asks: what kind of domestic
framework allows us not only to live together, but to
grow together? (Less)
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author
Sioch, Mateusz LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
Multigenerational living typology in Malmö.
course
AAHM10 20251
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Multigenerational, Intergenerational, Malmö, Typology, Housing, Dwelling, Apartment, Family, In-fill, Integration, Collective, Grid, Social, Variety
language
English
id
9197122
date added to LUP
2025-06-11 15:27:43
date last changed
2025-06-11 15:28:38
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  abstract     = {{This thesis investigates multigenerational living as 
an architectural response to contemporary social 
fragmentation and urban isolation, offering an 
alternative model of dwelling grounded in collective 
domestic life. Drawing from personal experiences of 
growing up partly within an extended family, the work is 
motivated by these factors: intergenerational bonds, the 
timeless human tendency toward communal living, and 
the emotional richness embedded in ordinary, shared 
moments. Rather than proposing multigenerational 
housing as a universal ideal or a competing typology, the 
thesis positions itself as a flexible and inclusive option - 
one that can adapt to diverse society, culture, and needs 
of the family.

Set in Malmö, Sweden, the project takes shape as a 
fill-in intervention within the existing urban fabric. At 
its core is a modular grid system that enables spatial 
adaptability: varying unit configurations accommodate 
a wide range of family constellations, from simple 
structures to extended kin networks, but also the ones 
not even suggested - as the spatial possibilities are 
infinitely expandable. This architectural strategy seeks 
for a solution to key tensions in multigenerational living 
- such as privacy versus togetherness, autonomy versus 
obligation, and permanence versus change - by offering 
both structural clarity and functional flexibility. Through 
theoretical research and design experimentation, 
the thesis explores how architecture can support not 
just coexistence, but meaningful intergenerational 
relationships across time. It asks: what kind of domestic 
framework allows us not only to live together, but to 
grow together?}},
  author       = {{Sioch, Mateusz}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Living together.}},
  year         = {{2025}},
}