Tesseract: Time Based Home Ownership Incentivisation Model
Urban Commons and Wellness
Supervisor - Dr. Cho Im Sik
The emergence of an accelerated form of urban renewal in a country as small and dense as Singapore has led to deomolishment of perfectly habitable buildings - forcing residents to move out of their communities; sometimes with little to no compensation. In lieu of this, this thesis proposes the Tesseract typology: an alternative housing model that explores the possibility of developing more space within the same allocated volume through time, by re-examining the current 99 years housing leasehold model in Singapore.
The Tesseract typology focuses on redefining ownership at the individual, communal and urban levels through the commodification of time - by prioritizing renewal at the Micro and Meso scale over the Macro scale alone. Through this strategy, residents are empowered to determine their own units and community. A sentimental bond between housing and men results. This thesis also examines dichotomies across varying levels:
Private and public apartments,
Rich and poor demographics
Old and new buildings
Gap between bigger and smaller HDB flats
Decentralized and centralized regions.
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