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The new average family is merely a basic outline of the different possibilities. Given the wide variety of living situations, the dwelling aims to satisfy needs regarding use, rent, cohabitation and temporality and through this inquiry into the collective now, we become increasingly distanced from the average dwelling, proposing new ways of living together; an option which embraces complexity.

Collective housing of the 21st Century draws a timeline in which three generations of projects coexist regarding degrees of complexity:

• First generation: Diversity of types
• Second generation: The best of two worlds
• Third generation: Reducing individual space

DWELLING MIXERS is the second volume of the COMPLEX BUILDINGS series.

CONTENTS (English/Español)

Mixers, Living Complexity. Aurora Fernández Per

FIRST GENERATION: Diversity of Types

Family Constellations. LIN Architects Urbanists
144 Apartments and 1 Kindergarten. Paris (France)

Empathy with the Context. COBE and Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects
Krøyers Plads. Copenhagen (Denmark)

All Ages Living Together. Innocad
C34. Graz (Austria)

Urban Amplifier. Olivier Namias
Less. Vincent Parreira Atelier Architecture. Paris (France)

Dwell and Destination. COBE
The Silo. Copenhagen (Denmark)

SECOND GENERATION: The Best of Both Worlds

Common Aspirations. Mikhail Riches with Cathy Hawley
Brentford Lock West. London (United Kingdom)

Arranging Typologies. Hessamfar & Vérons
93 Multi-family Housing Units. Ginko, Bordeaux (France)

THIRD GENERATION: Reducing Individual Space

Spatial Quality beyond the Size. Edelaar Mosayebi Inderbitzin Architekten
Min Max Mixed-Use Residential and Commercial Building. Opfikon (Switzerland)

Possibilities for Community Life. DRDH architects, DVVT architecten
Orleanshof Complex. Aarschot (Belgium)

The Integration of Emergency. Studio Muoto
34 Dwellings, Nursery and Emergency Shelter. Paris (France)

Empowerment and Social Cohesion. Farshid Moussavi Architecture
La Défense-Nanterre Residential Complex. Paris (France)

A New Urbanity. Peripheriques Architectes
Social Residence and Restaurant. Paris (France)

Coliving. Bogevischs Buero Architekten & Stadtplaner/ Schindler Hable Architekten
Cooperative Housing Complex WagnisART. Munich (Germany)