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Towards Non-Linear Time: Student Housing

The linear concept of time drives modern society's pursuit of infinite progress, prioritising productivity and profit. This turns the university into a 'factory,' where students are immaterial workers expected to produce more knowledge daily, while their well-being is ignored. The project argues that students must learn how to live and build relationships alongside knowledge absorption. It proposes an alternative, multi-layered notion of time (natural, collective, independent) and a new student housing typology to address the student-as-worker condition.

Architectural Association
Binhan Wang
Ruoyu Yang
London
Silver

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