Georgia
Living -
Residential Space
Georgia Living envisions a new kind of urban residence—one where connection, visibility, and belonging define everyday life. Instead of treating housing as a collection of isolated units, the project creates a network of shared spaces that foster interaction and familiarity among neighbors. Through layered circulation paths, communal thresholds, and activated ground-level amenities, the design transforms vertical living into a horizontal experience of community—turning an apartment building into a living, breathing neighborhood in the sky.
Details
- Date : 05.2024
- Client : FIU School of Architecture
- Status : Completed
- Location : Atlanta, Georgia
Project Info
The architectural language of Georgia Living emphasizes openness, rhythm, and transparency. The building’s façade is articulated with alternating solids and voids that reflect the dynamic life within—balconies, porches, and circulation paths create a continuous play of light and shadow throughout the day. Vertical and horizontal layers are visually interconnected, allowing residents to perceive movement and life across multiple levels. The structure itself becomes a social framework, encouraging interaction without sacrificing privacy, and offering a vision of urban housing that feels both intimate and collective.
The Brief
At the heart of Georgia Living is the idea of fostering neighborhood intimacy within a multi-story building. Circulation corridors become balcony hallways that open up to the exterior, allowing residents to see and engage with one another as they move through the space. These visual and physical connections encourage spontaneous interactions, building a genuine sense of shared life across floors.
Each apartment features a front porch—a transitional space between private and public life. This semi-private zone allows residents to express individuality, display personal items, and create a visible sense of “home.” More than a simple entryway, the porch becomes a point of contact, where small gestures of daily life—watering plants, chatting with neighbors, or leaving a bicycle—collectively humanize the architecture.
The ground level reinforces the project’s social intent by integrating retail spaces, cafés, and a reimagined laundry area designed as a communal lounge. These everyday amenities are activated as social nodes, inviting residents to linger, share, and connect through ordinary routines. The result is a continuous fabric of activity that ties the private and public realms together.
Georgia Living challenges the conventional boundaries of apartment design by prioritizing relationships over isolation and community over convenience. Through thoughtful spatial layering and the celebration of shared thresholds, it proposes a new model of urban living—one that feels as warm, familiar, and connected as a neighborhood street, even when suspended high above the city.
