Floating Bungalows
Floating Bungalows

Fourplex Housing
Low Rise LA Competition
Los Angeles, CA
Studio - 3-Bed Units
2021
Floating Bungalows is a new fourplex proposal for a cooperative housing model that fosters community and outdoor living while retaining a playful and bright Los Angeles aesthetic.
In designing a new model of fourplex sites, the proposal both trims back and exaggerates the bungalow court - while the site is too small to support six or seven units with a shared central courtyard, units could be arranged on the site in a more fluid, organic plan that creates different pockets of outdoor space. Lifting the units off the ground plane frees the entire area of the site for outdoor space and turns what was once only a courtyard into a full-blown neighborhood park which is shaded by tree-cover and the units themselves.







By rotating and breaking apart the traditional bungalow, the scale of individual units is broken down to mitigate concerns associated with increased density. The resulting
interior is a more playful, less rigid environment which is full of light, soft curves, and arching volumes that react to the rotations in plan.


