Contemporary Communal Living

The Apartment House is Ideal for Multi-Generational Families

Do you want to be close to your family? Do your parents get separation anxiety? Do you get separation anxiety but you don’t want to be that person who lives with their parents? This idea of an apartment house is just the solution to this dilemma. A family home design incorporating the idea of cluster living. Separate apartments with open communal spaces make the apartment house ideal of multi-generational families to live together under one roof.

Conceived by Singaporean firm Formwerkz Architects this apartment house is like a contemporary Melrose Place (minus the crazy cat fights and soap opera life).

Communal Living
Disruptive innovation opportunity: Designing apartment buildings that prioritize communal spaces to accommodate multi-generational families.
Multi-generational Families
Disruptive innovation opportunity: Creating housing solutions that provide independent living spaces within a shared structure for multi-generational families.
Cluster Living
Disruptive innovation opportunity: Developing community-oriented housing models that combine individual living units with shared communal areas.

Industries Being Reshaped

Architecture
Disruptive innovation opportunity: Transforming traditional housing designs to cater to the needs of multi-generational families through innovative architectural approaches.
Real Estate
Disruptive innovation opportunity: Introducing new housing concepts that appeal to multi-generational families, attracting a broader customer base and creating market differentiation.
Interior Design
Disruptive innovation opportunity: Redefining interior design strategies to make shared communal spaces in multi-generational housing more functional, comfortable, and visually appealing.
SCORE
2.9 out of 10
GENDER
50% Men50% Women
MARKETTop markets: North America, Europe
GENERATION
  • Gen Z
  • Gen Alpha
  • Millennial (primary audience)
  • Gen X (primary audience)
POPULARITY
Popularity 57%
Activity 21%
Freshness 8%

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