Floor plans

Here are the voids, the additions and the kitchens for each one floor. The number of the apartments is remaining the same. Some of them will change based on the necessities of the families. One family might need extra space because they are expecting a new child or because somebody needs extra equipment for his/her job. Since there is a diversity in terms of the family structure there, extra space might serve different necessities.
NYCHA can provide those components with specific rules of who can be eligible to get extra space. Beyond the fact that some people might need extra space quickly as stated above, people that help their community should gain the opportunity of having an extra room. In low income communities it is crucial to keep people together and work for their community in order to sustain or make better the quality of their lives. It is like an organism that is totally depended on its people and emerging through the relations among them rather than having one system ruling them.


This diagram shows 7 different types of apartments after a possible conversion. They have changed with the basic rule to have the living areas facing to the south. The proposed plans are based to old ones since there is still the implied grid of the rooms having in that way the new rooms working perfectly with the old structure.