The House Transformed

Following its debut at the Princeton University School of Architecture (SoA), The House Transformed presents new ideas for domestic architecture. Featuring participants from local and global contexts, the exhibition rejects conventional notions of nuclear family and a “one-size-fits-all” approach to the house. These models and drawings explore alternative concepts for collective living, multigenerational households, and caregiving.

Curated by Mónica Ponce de León, Princeton School of Architecture, with Shoshana Torn and Massimo Giannone.

Exhibition participants
adamo-faiden, Agency—Agency, Akima Brackeen, Al Borde, all(zone), BALSA CROSETTO PIAZZI, Black Box Research Group / Atelier Office, Cameron Wu, Cazú Zegers, Chenchow Little Architects, clara sola-morales studio, Common Accounts, COMTE/MEUWLY, Current Interests, Daisy Ames, Diagonal Thoughts, Equipo de Arquitectura, Erin Besler, ERGO Architects, Florencia Pita & Co., Förstberg Ling, French 2D, Heide & von Beckerath, Now Here, The LADG, LLOSA CORTEGANA arquitectos, LTL Architects and Guy Nordenson and Associates, MALL, MOS with E. Coccia, MPdL Studio, Neri&Hu Design and Research Office, Oshinowo Studio, Preston Scott Cohen, Stan Allen Architect, Steven Holl Architects, Studio Barnes, studio:indigenous, Studio Sean Canty, Tato Architects, TEN, Tham & Videgård, VTN Architects, WILLIAMSONWILLIAMSON

Gallery talks
Designing for Singleness
Thursday, March 26, 6–8pm
​How do we think about designing homes and housing for single people? Whether childless, living apart from a partner, or cohabitating with roommates, singleness takes many spatial forms and is a largely unexplored design question. Beatriz Colomina leads a talk with The House Transformed exhibitors Daisy Ames, Paul Lewis, and Verena von Beckerath.
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Community and Curation
Saturday, April 4, 2–3:30pm
Join a special guided gallery tour of The House Transformed with curator Mónica Ponce de Leon and Rome Prize-winner Akima Brackeen. ​Akima's practice is focused on justice in the built environment, and housing is a key part of what makes cities and communities livable and vibrant. Akima and Monica will discuss the exhibition through this lens.
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Domestic Takes
Monday, April 13, 5:30–8pm
How do members of Gen X, Y, and Z think about home? What about residential architecture do they see as valuable, problematic, compelling, or needing more exploration? Mónica Ponce de León, Shoshana Torn, and Massimo Giannone—the generation-spanning curators of The House Transformed—discuss their views in a conversation led by Tiffany Jow, editor-in-chief of the design journal Untapped.
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Designing for Caregiving
Tuesday, April 28, 6–8pm
​How can we design homes for new family typologies that expand well beyond the confines of the nuclear? Join Cynthia Davidson in conversation with The House Transformed participants Tei Carpenter, Erica Goetz, and Rossana Hu.
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Exhibition hours: Mondays–Thursdays, 10am–6pm / Fridays–Saturdays, 12–6pm