Beyond Static Space: A Modular Framework for Adaptive Domestic Environments
(2025) ASEM01 20251Department of Architecture and Built Environment
- Abstract
- Although most homes still appear visually the same as they did a half century ago, their relationship to humans and their surrounding environment has changed significantly in recent years. Conventional residential design is often constrained by rigid layouts, poor adaptability to evolving lifestyles, and insufficient opportunities for individual personalization. As a result, spatial arrangements tend to become outdated rapidly.
This project presents a new perspective on architectural flexibility. Grounded in an analysis of daily human activities and their spatial dynamics, the concept introduces a modular system composed of autonomous elements. These components can be rearranged into diverse configurations, enabling a variety of spatial... (More) - Although most homes still appear visually the same as they did a half century ago, their relationship to humans and their surrounding environment has changed significantly in recent years. Conventional residential design is often constrained by rigid layouts, poor adaptability to evolving lifestyles, and insufficient opportunities for individual personalization. As a result, spatial arrangements tend to become outdated rapidly.
This project presents a new perspective on architectural flexibility. Grounded in an analysis of daily human activities and their spatial dynamics, the concept introduces a modular system composed of autonomous elements. These components can be rearranged into diverse configurations, enabling a variety of spatial experiences that reflect the changing needs of residents.
By incorporating mobile robotic units equipped with sensors and computer vision, the system allows for real-time spatial adaptation. This technological integration makes it possible to generate an almost limitless range of configurations, offering a high degree of personalization. The system also addresses environmental comfort: interchangeable panels regulate acoustics, temperature, and natural light, while integrated LED lighting provides adjustable illumination during darker hours.
The system is made up of multifunctional components designed for disassembly, reuse, or recycling. This approach supports zero-waste manufacturing and significantly reduces construction debris and material waste.
To explore the architectural implications of the system, it was applied within the framework of Greenbelt Case Study No. 4 by Ralph Rapson - a residence originally conceived to accommodate diverse and changing user needs. In this context, the project expands the notion of reconfigurable domestic architecture and suggests new ways of designing homes that evolve in step with the lives they contain. (Less)
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- author
- Vaitovich, Liubou LU
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- organization
- course
- ASEM01 20251
- year
- 2025
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- language
- English
- id
- 9198525
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abstract = {{Although most homes still appear visually the same as they did a half century ago, their relationship to humans and their surrounding environment has changed significantly in recent years. Conventional residential design is often constrained by rigid layouts, poor adaptability to evolving lifestyles, and insufficient opportunities for individual personalization. As a result, spatial arrangements tend to become outdated rapidly.
This project presents a new perspective on architectural flexibility. Grounded in an analysis of daily human activities and their spatial dynamics, the concept introduces a modular system composed of autonomous elements. These components can be rearranged into diverse configurations, enabling a variety of spatial experiences that reflect the changing needs of residents.
By incorporating mobile robotic units equipped with sensors and computer vision, the system allows for real-time spatial adaptation. This technological integration makes it possible to generate an almost limitless range of configurations, offering a high degree of personalization. The system also addresses environmental comfort: interchangeable panels regulate acoustics, temperature, and natural light, while integrated LED lighting provides adjustable illumination during darker hours.
The system is made up of multifunctional components designed for disassembly, reuse, or recycling. This approach supports zero-waste manufacturing and significantly reduces construction debris and material waste.
To explore the architectural implications of the system, it was applied within the framework of Greenbelt Case Study No. 4 by Ralph Rapson - a residence originally conceived to accommodate diverse and changing user needs. In this context, the project expands the notion of reconfigurable domestic architecture and suggests new ways of designing homes that evolve in step with the lives they contain.}},
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language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Beyond Static Space: A Modular Framework for Adaptive Domestic Environments}},
year = {{2025}},
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