Much of America is littered with banal, infinitely replicated, identical floor plate multi-family housing. The economic value and repeatable nature of such developments have allowed them to dominate the market while also subverting any sort of character or uniqueness embedded in the local vernacular.
Denver Micro-Housing proposes to break that mold by providing low cost, prefabricated systems that allow for varied forms, scales, and character, with increased environmental and social performance. The concept breaks down the building into three primary elements: core/service, units, and skin. Prefabricated unit types "plug in" to the core, allowing for varying scales and configurations, and are wrapped in an operable skin to provide a flexible, breathable layer to the building. Units are designed with the potential to interact with other units, recalling the ad hoc nature of several socially integrated housing typologies in history, and promote a unique public/private dialog that adds both  social and economic value.