HYBURBAN is a new model of lifestyle that embraces social and ecological diversity.
In America, many face the choice to live in the city or in the suburb. People must give up one between the social life in the city and proximity to nature in the suburb. Hyburban is manifesto against such binary.

In typical suburban development, everything is spread out and disconnected. There is no interaction between programs and no habitat connection. We propose stacking as the approach to hybridity. By stacking programs, we create interaction between different programs and leave more room for ecological habitat. By decreasing building footprint, we connect the surrounding landscape elements. Typical suburban programs only hold single activities: shopping mall for consuming, warehouse for manufacturing and station for commuting. They are non-places where human beings remain anonymous and lonely. We preserve three main programs. Besides, we remove these programs in blue and keep the structures to allow future development. Buildings in dash line are demolished for open space. 

By stacking open space, diverse programs, and connection, we create three types of hyburban blocks that maximize interaction between different activities and users. We add programs onto three main preserved programs so that social activities can occur. Thereby, the non-places transform to organisms of live, work and connect. Landscape designs mediate between the dense blocks and mitigate stormwater runoff issues. Stormwater from uphill is captured through bioswales to irrigate the farmland and form a series of wetland habitats.