Houses for change
The project deals with problems of Roma population living in bad conditions of slum neighbourhoods, in the city of Niš, Serbia. For those living in the worst conditions, construction of the new community is planned. New community will include, primary, new family homes - designed as a ground level housing units, in order to meet the usual dwelling habits of Roma population. New housing units will also have acces to the common social space - in form of pedestrian streets and pathways with green areas.
Within the new typical housing unit, the main building element is housing "subunit". That way, typical housing unit can vary in size and can be upgraded in future, all accordingly to the users needs. With its function and structure arrangement, housing unit offers privacy to the users, but in the same time acts like a part of more broader social community.
