“City In Between” is a concept for housing development inside cities. It conquers unused spaces in between buildings and fills it up with modular elements. In cooperation with Mr. Felix Zanger we created an algorithm to connect the modules in an infinitive number of ways adapted to their surroundings. The resulting design is based on a universal, prefabricated room unit made out of a timber construction. It can be arranged in different directions and relations to each other, even combined with different access systems. The dimensions of one grid element are 4.50m x 4.50m, which allows easy transportation on a truck. At the construction site the modules are simply stacked and combined. The facade is attached at the end of this process. Our studies show three solutions in Berlin, Paris and London with different conditions. Since the system is based on a simple grid, it basically works everywhere.
A project that intervenes with the question of a universal solution to space management by keeping the manufacturing simple, holding costs low and still securing a diversity in architecture.
