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One-Room House

Lang, Caleb M
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3082-189X
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1592134412178956

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2020, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Architecture.
As the cost of living in high-density cities rise, society continues to tell people that more space is both better and necessary. Many couples find that they cannot afford the extra space “required” to raise a child in the city, so they choose to either move to the suburbs or to not have children. Square footage is the largest factor in determining the perceived value of a home and smaller homes and apartments are seen as “temporary” until one can afford something larger. In the suburbs, the trend in housing is to have one room for each different function that needs to occur in the home. If a one-room studio apartment could provide all the functional and privacy needs of a family of three in the location they want and at an affordable cost would renters still choose to “upgrade” to the suburbs to get more space or would they be content with “enough” space in the city? The goal is to bring the focus of value back to location instead of size and dispel with the ideas of a temporary “starter” home. My proposed solution is to design a single, flexible, small space that can adapt to both the user’s daily needs as well as changing needs over time as the number of users changes. This will be a 300-600 square foot space that can permanently house at least a couple with a child with room for an occasional guest. As a proof-of-concept, I will construct a full-scale mock-up of the space and have a couple with children inhabit it and document their experiences in order to judge the design’s effectiveness and to show them another way to think about space. This line of thinking can help make city living more affordable and reduce suburban sprawl by changing the way that families look at space and its value.
Michael McInturf, M.Arch. (Committee Chair)
Aarati Kanekar, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
131 p.
Architecture
Architecture; Trans-formative Space; Multi-functional Furniture; Small Apartments; Small Living; Interior Design

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  • Lang, C. M. (2020). One-Room House [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1592134412178956

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Lang, Caleb. One-Room House. 2020. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1592134412178956.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Lang, Caleb. "One-Room House." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1592134412178956

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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