While the domestic needs may have only changed slightly over time, lifestyles, local beliefs, traditions, and cultural values are ever-shifting. This “Co-Housing” model, a response to the increasing aging population, is proposed for adults who prefer to live independently late in their lives; sharing facilities, such as cooking, dining, gardening, and meditating, while establishing lifelong companionship. The design synthetically integrates the wisdom of the regional vernacular with the complexity of the social program.

The exterior of shaded terraces and the interior are interwoven. The ground level, beneath the living units defined by pilotis on one side and the retaining wall on the other, is fully opened to the lake and the garden. Dispersed around the artificial ring-shaped lake, each housing is designed to fully engage the landscape. Each cluster has neither front nor back, each becomes an object in the landscape. The oblique gables obscure the typology of the traditional gable, allowing them to be perceived from all perspectives.