Mikolai Adamus and Igor Brozyna both architecture students have based their design of this housing development on the concept of a tissue: A tissue is an ensemble of cells from the same origin that together carry out a specific function. This was used to create clusters of housing types with private gardens and a public park almost an extension of their terraces.

The project site is placed in residential area in Gdynia, Poland. Typical building types of the neighbourhood are single family-houses or small multi-family houses with private gardens.
The concept is based on the idea of tissue as group of elements cooperating with each other. The area is divided into plots of shapes that occur in the neighbourhood. Instead of being placed on separate parcels, houses are grouped into settlements, achieving a diverse public park between. Each plot is given different function and character, but they form a consistent whole. The plots are shaped so as the settlements do not block views from each other.

Each settlement is designed the same way. The level of housing is raised so as to create semiprivate courtyards and to improve views from the houses. Under the courtyard, each settlement has a different public function such as shopping, swimming pool, library, etc. Above the courtyard, there are 3 levels of houses. At each level the amount of volume decreases to ensure proper illumination of flats. The roofs function as private gardens for the dwellings.

ARCHITECT: Mikolai Adamus, Gdynia, Poland. ARCHITECT: Igor Brozyna, Gdynia, Poland. LOCATION: Gdynia, Poland. DESCRIPTION: residential. STATUS: Design Phase. DATE: 2011. No part of this web site may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission of Morfae and the copyright owner.