Emma Stone

Modular co-housing for performers

Located in Digbeth, Birmingham, the project sees the design of a genotype, modular co-housing scheme suitable and shaped around the direct and indirect needs of performers, - defined as those working in classical music, theatre, and dance. Composed of a system of self-supporting modular housing units, the scheme will be replicable on brownfield sites across the UK, creating an interconnected network of performance communities. Working within the unit ethos, the project therefore seeks to regenerate ‘forgotten’ places across the UK, as well as Digbeth.

Accommodating for different permanencies, housing is split into two dwelling types - Allegro living for touring performers- Fermata living for those dwelling permanently. Fermata living units all have access to practice pods whereas micro flats have adaptable furniture adjustable for practice. At the centre of each block is the community stack - a reglit clad beacon structure containing each blocks shared practice and communal facilities. Massing wraps around the site edges, to form a sheltered communal garden at the heart of the scheme.