Centred on the concept of implementing flexible living solutions to a stagnant and rigid housing system, MOD:LIVE aims to provide a space that can adapt to the changes and flows of the cycles of life at various scales-from day to day, month to month, and decade to decade.

In an effort to undercut the traditional manufacturing costs of housing and reduce the rate of vacancy, our flexible modular system can adapt to the everyday desires of our occupants while maintaining low levels of variance within prefabricated elements and reducing redundancy when combined with site-specific architectural moments.

On the interior of our units, walls can be pivoted and folded to accommodate diverse living situations, whether it be to create a new bedroom, expand a living room, or create more room for dining. This concept of flexibility is also translated to the exterior through a mechanical louver system that can be compressed, expanded, or rotated to accommodate the many occupants and their preference for incident sunlight, and privacy. These changes to the louvered systems represent each of the unique individuals residing in our project and the variety of ways they may choose to use their own living space. In addition, to being able to adapt to the needs of the user on the inside, their desired changes to quality of daylight and privacy are ultimately expressed on the façade of the building’s exterior.

Project team: Samuel Bager & Brennan Heyward.