Common Property

Property law is the solution to any dispute. A problem, glitches in the system, ‘fixes’, unplanned and unauthorised adaptations. These definitions showcase that ‘issues’ do in fact exist. That currently, it is something unrecognised by the law. They are untangled and made to fit back to the standards we abide by and if labelled a dispute, we must mould them back, to make them compliant with the law.

The logic of construction and the efficacy of repetition are things defaulted to in suburban housing. A family of 6 would be expected to use a home differently to a family of 3. So how can the same space be suitable for two different situations?

This project seeks to use the current laws within our advantage to create a new sequence of how we design things. It aims to give a status to these ‘problems’ allowing their mark to transition from unintentionally discovered to deliberate. An object, now, of common property and a law. To allow property formation to occur after the situation rather than before while giving us permission to design for situations instead. To have a relationship directly with the object itself, rather than property.

We think architecture is the apartment building but in reality, the building is only possible because of these embedded objects.

If laws cannot be broken, it might be in the making of laws that we need to focus our attention.