Project Abstract
This project proposes a dense social housing development in Leith, Edinburgh, comprising 54 dwelling units organised through a continuous network of shared circulation and thresholds. It repositions housing not as isolated units but as a system of relationships, where decks, lobbies, and communal spaces act as sites of repeated contact. Through proximity and everyday use, these encounters accumulate into familiarity, forming the basis of neighbourhood life. The project embeds this logic across scales from urban connections to apartment planning using shared infrastructure and layered thresholds to enable collective living while maintaining individual privacy. It is an architecture structured around the gradual making of social bonds.
