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Over the past decade the city of San Francisco has experienced an influx of young professionals, who have contributed to its rapid development.
It has become one of the trendiest and most popular cities in the United States. Which also happens to make it one of the most expensive cities in the world.
It’s rapid flock of Tech employees with sizeable pay checks, contributes to its increase in housing prices and rise in homelessness.
The proposal indicates the potential that a building developed along the principle of a “Rubiks cube” can have in the various neighbourhood districts of San Francisco.
It also represents the focus on a building’s neighbouring community as the core inspiration for its design features.
Drawing on these ideology of a residential space sparks a wealth of ideas that encourages the creation of designs. While these new ideas are inspired by the younger generation, the space is available to and intended for all generations.
Furthermore, the building is a multi-storey structure designed to be flexible which challenges the idea of housing and communal living as a whole.