Date of Award
Spring 6-1-2021
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Architecture (MArch)
Department
Architecture
First Advisor
Anne Tate
Second Advisor
Jonathan Knowles
Abstract
The American Dream of the past would have a “bread-winner,” no need for affordable child care, and guaranteed retirement. While those concepts are still prevalent in some capacities, the rise of dual-income families, lack of child care, and delayed or foregone retirement creates an opportunity for the multigenerational home to reemerge as a critical housing typology in America.
To set the stage for this investigation, the house's life cycle is broken into five acts. Each act plays out a different configuration of space to the changing lifestyle of a family of six. The characters are two grandparents, two parents, and two children. By subverting the typical consumerist real estate cycle, first-time buyer, mover-upper, and down-sizer, this house considers the values gained by creating longer-lasting housing.
Recommended Citation
Kienbaum, Ian Johnson, "A house on a street: a proposal for the multi-generational house in America" (2021). Masters Theses. 647.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/masterstheses/647
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Comments
View exhibition online: Ian Johnson Kienbaum, A House on a street