In seeking to accommodate young-old inhabitants as a growing cohort that is gradually retiring but physically mobile, this project imagines a housing model of reduction of the private sphere in order to provide a maximum of differentiated common spaces.

Each “Sub-Unit” - representing the most private space and housing one individual or couple - spans between two “Service Walls”. Three Sub-Units form a Unit which provides the inhabitants with a shared kitchen and semi-private reading and living spaces. The ground floor consists entirely of common spaces which are divided into sections dedicated to the body, the mind and social activities.