Khaliya Future Domesticities

Essay, Middle Density, Politics and economics, Urban Paradigms

Adaptative architecture, Affordable Housing, Alternative Domesticity, Architecture & Gender, Built environment, Collective housing, Collective identity, Community, Creativity, Empowering society, Flexibility, Housing, Lightweight Materials, Modular Design, Privacy, Project, Speculation, Sustainability, Women

Khaliya is a speculative housing proposal exploring an architecture that facilitates community gathering, gaining solidarity and seeking independence. We drew on traditional forms and spaces from our combined cultures to imagine possibilities that can disrupt the growing feeling of isolation. Khaliya (Arabic: خلیة†) means “cell”, as in khaliyat nahil, a honeycomb.