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Design Brief — The Assorted Dwelling Architects often approach island housing with standard solutions: raised floors for flooding, louvered walls for ventilation, solar panels for independence. The "Assorted Dwelling" brief proposes instead a modular, combinatory approach that mirrors island economies of patchwork making. Think a basic structural chassis — a timber frame with resilient footings — into which interchangeable modules lock: a kitchen unit harvested from an old shipping container, a sleeping pod woven from local pandanus, an external veranda panel that doubles as a rainwater collection surface. The "Island" theme leaned heavily into relaxed, weathered