Forgive the delay - misread the email as 9PM as opposed to 9AM... many apologies.
Because of the prevalence of new construction falling into the trap of being designed from a “cookie-cutter catalogue,” the use of shape grammars to analyze and deconstruct the housing typology of an area can be utilized to create new housing that is unique but still maintains a connection to the area.
In this era for architecture, residential design is usually reserved for those who have the capacity to fund the entire process - a process that tends to be very costly. As new families start, they want a home to themselves, and these customized houses, ones that are personally designed by architects, are beyond the financial reach of such families. Developers have created homes that cater to these families, but unfortunetly lack much design beyond the few variations between homes and the personal alterations the families apply.
