This project for transit housing creates a sense of home and belonging for people in vulnerable situations through gentle spatial transitions between private and collective life.
Inspired by the Flemish beguinage, a garden wall becomes the key mediator—both boundary and connector—linking two housing volumes along the street and framing a small neighborhood park. The wall structures the in-between: it guides circulation, defines entrances, and shapes shared outdoor spaces where rear gardens become front gardens.
The nine temporary homes are grouped in two volumes: four row houses to the south and a compact cluster of duplexes to the north, their pitched roofs and modest materials—brick, tile, folded steel—echoing the local vernacular.