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Name: Brayden Tang

Instagram: brayderp

Nationality: Singaporean

Institution / Company: Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)

Name: James Leo

Instagram: jleoz_

Nationality: Singaporean

Institution / Company: Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)

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In today’s world, people wish to live in the moment and not be confined to a particular place. Yet, the existing built environment does not allow you to change your environment freely without keeping some sense of comfort constant. 

As such, we propose a new form of housing typology that can allow you to live wherever you desire but still maintain the comfort of your home inner space. Much like how a car can travel freely around the world and park at any car parks they desire, we too imagine that your personal living space can be freely transported and transplanted into “unit parking lots”. With this, you can be in a lush forest, nearby the vast ocean, or high up in the mountains; anywhere you desire in the world and yet at the same time be within the comfort of your individual safe sanctuary. 

The frame which hosts these “unit parking lots” can also be configured differently so that the “unit parking lots” can be organised to maximise the offerings of the given site conditions. The modularity of this idea can also allow people to expand their units to accommodate more people living together.

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