Expandentes

Expandentes (latin words for Spreading)

Expandentes is a parasitic apartment property that located at Port Melbourne. The project aims to tackle on the lack of infrastructure, urban sprawl of the site, which fail to form sense of community separation and dead-space. Inspired by the American natural scientist Janie Benyus strategy, biomorphic approaches in architecture examine and emulate natural elements to generate a healthier, more livable built environment. Observing on the symbiotic quality of parasitic, the project self questioned: Can a co-house properties incorporate parasitic strategies to generate an active community, a valuable co-house proposal where both community residential can merge into one.