For the Rome Collective Living Challenge, we were tasked with designing a concept for affordable housing in Rome that fits the ideals of a co-living lifestyle. and experimenting with the concept of low-income housing as a collective. Rather than rolling out hundreds of new tiny apartments in Rome’s city centre. This collective living could offer something more than just an affordable place to live; a community to live in within the hustle and bustle of It aly’s capital. As major cities are becoming less affordable, they are also becoming more lonely, with individuals feeling more isolated and separated from each other than ever. Communities are created through intentional architecture which creates shared spaces in which residents interact in numerous different ways, from sharing meals and socialising to sharing the burden of child care and co-working space as well.