Reclusive Alcoves/Shared Alcoves demonstrates how private life and collective life can feed into one another as juxtaposed systems. Pinching and obscurement, and the creation of “nests” in the units promote a sense of secrecy and concealment for the individual, fortifying a person’s intimate solitude so they may better participate in the collective. A new ground plane for the building is introduced, so all of its adjacencies at the urban scale become connected, accessible, and occupiable. RA/SA forms a holistic narrative of how each scale of living exists and interfaces in the city, from one’s most private items and experiences, to the immediate public.
