At an exhibit at the Gallery of Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, A1 Architects produced several new housing typologies. In the sampling of 1:125 models, and one 1:1 model, the firm explored the idea of “limitless living in a limited space.” The challenge lay in the ability to make a residence maintain a feeling of openness and functionality, while contained in a small size. We enjoy the work because experimenting with this small housing typology is becoming imperative as our population continues to grow exponentially with land availability decreasing rapidly.
While the models focus on the general idea of compacting living space, the architects explained that each individual concept was “purposefully conceived independently of context and of the residents themselves. Even so, in all of us remained the will to design buildable houses. We wanted to avoid the unachievable utopian dreams of architects.”
