DETAIL MAPPING OF 1 HA OF RECEPTION AREA BY 26’10 SOUTH ARCHITECTS, 2008

The distinct hierarchy of spaces and thresholds mitigate the high densities and provide a modicum of security through communal surveillance.  The informal fabric challenges the spatial standards professionals and experts associate with urban living and trade and reveals strategies for making public space habitable with the simplest of means in order to survive economically. All these factors define the character and dynamism of the Reception Area and offer strong clues towards a vision for a more responsive formal housing approach.

DOCUMENTATION OF INFORMAL STRUCTURES OF RECEPTION AREA 
BY 26’10 SOUTH ARCHITECTS, 2008