Jaegerdorf
Sean JaegerA home is a home. Where people eat. Where people sleep. Where people entertain. Where people struggle. Where people grow. Where people live. And we do not have enough.
Jägerdorf addresses the ever-pressing housing crisis by taking the typical American suburban house, stacking it, flipping it, and mirroring it to create a modular residential tower with individualized units. Private gardens provide families with dedicated space to hydroponically grow their own food.
Jägerdorf investigates ways of reusing old buildings to create new monuments. Here, the facade of the historic Yellow Cab Building acts as a gateway into a new urban forest, connecting Newark residents with nature and recreating habitat for native species of wildlife. It fosters community through grand shared spaces: large entryways, green terraces, gym rooms. These spaces encourage inhabitants to occupy the same area, helping each other grow and learn.
Jägerdorf creates a village.
Sean Jaeger is pursuing a Bachelor of Architecture at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. This project was originally prepared for ARCH 395 taught by Joseph M. Berlinghieri in Fall 2022.
This project was published as part of Transect Volume 5: Pedagogy (2024), Jacob Swanson, Daniel Girgis, Dhruvi Rajpopat, Fatima Fardos, Jimenna Alcantar, Elizabeth Kowalchuk, eds.