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Beomki Lee and Chang Kyu Lee of Atelier L have unveiled their speculative project, Instant City: Living Air-Right, which proposes that affordable housing and public programs be built in the air rights of existing buildings in New York City.
As a response to the lack of home ownership in the city, the project aims to provide living space, as well as to foster community in an overlooked space.
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Because air rights space in New York varies in different geographic areas, the project can be customizable to whichever space it is applied to.
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Instant City also offers a new tyoe of community platform called ‘Living Surface.’ By differentiating sizes and materials of the platform, the surfaces serve a lot of community-based functions to encourage the interaction between residents and to let people share their culture together explained the architects.
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Instant City: Living Air-Right was awarded an Honorable Mention in the 2017 New York Affordable Housing Challenge Competition.
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Learn more about the project here.
News via: Beomki Lee and Chang Kyu Lee.