LUNCHBOX is a challenge taken against the changing conditions of cities that were once shaped around industry . Newark has seen a fragmented industrial past with the change of modes of production , movements of communities in and out of the city . This fabric holds a great potential for new habitations , areas of accumulation . Housing particularly is a complex component of this accumulation related closely with employment conditions , commuting and local production .
Lunch-box aims to set a model for productive habitation and identity through productive urban landscape not as a frozen form of house ownership . For the Westinghouse site , we use the periphery for settlement and the center for vegetative production . Our motive in this decision was the difficulty of Newark residents ’ accessibility to fresh-produce and the lack of a farmer ’ s market . We do not only aim to grow produce but also target to sell it to the community .
Our design is composed of different variations of units aiming to bring together a community of students , singles , and families from different socioeconomic backgrounds . We propose a different kind of commitment , not to the house but to the time-span needed there . This contract-based temporality creates mobility for the people who need to change their employment conditions . We use the container in a non-aestheticised architectonic approach remaining faithful to the industrial texture of the city . The units are either for single-people , couples or families . They have additive components changing with regards to different functions and use profiles but the box itself is self-sufficient to maintain a living .
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