Studio: Arrival City

Studio Arrival City is an MArch Design Studio at Sheffield School of Architecture. The studio is interested in the social, political and environmental impacts of migration on our cities, focusing on a different city each year; Offenbach, Mannheim, Milan and Lisbon.

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Alice Howland

Lisbon

Segundo Torrão: Rethinking Social Housing

This floating custom-build social housing project in the district of Almada, Portugal, embraces the inevitable change in our global environment. With a particular focus on the phase one vision and strategy, this collaborative state intervention provides all the necessary infrastructure to facilitate a custom-build community.

The resettlement program for the informal residents of Segundo Torrao, mitigates and adapts to existing and future flood risks, whilst smart jetties and modular floating energy generators enable a self-sustaining zero-carbon community. Rising sea levels provides future opportunity for further development,  eventually resulting in an independent and self-sustaining floating city. 

Adaptable and extendable ‘lot’ and ‘plot’ based developments allow and encourage organic development. All prefabricated and modular building components have been designed at a manageable size and format for residents to later construct themselves, with dedicated soft spots to simplify the extension process.

As a key part of the thesis, the Combined Thesis Report outlines the intentions and research of the project.

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