Household number explosion is now widely considered to be one of the most challenging problems in the world. In order to adapt the growth of cities to meet the needs of all households, there must be an effort to help increase and promote affordable housing and a higher quality of life. This project was prompted by a desire to further understand this scenario and explore the development of future housing under the influence of this digital age.

Aiming to balance the whole city, the project follows a ‘from part to whole’ strategy to examine the basic housing concepts extracted from a study of existing buildings. These concepts include the unit, common space, and public space. The unit is the smallest element to make up a room, a house, and the whole building. On the urban scale, a building fragment can have an urban effect through the arrangement of its parts. For example, a building could connect with another building through the circulation system. These connecting spaces are not only used as transportation spaces, but more importantly, they provide a place for people to communicate with each other throughout the house and the city.

From the perspective of a future housing scenario, this project develops design strategies that architects may adopt to cope with the changes of family structure and social organisation.