Abstract
There is a steady increase in home-sharing in Singapore.1 Despite this, the government has not made short-term rentals legal in Singapore. The typical Airbnb user stays 4.1 nights in Singapore, meaning that the average Airbnb user (tourist, businessman) who seeks short-term accommodation in Singapore is legally unable to obtain accommodation. Currently, HDB homeowners are unable to rent out their flats to tourists – they are only able to rent the apartment to foreigners who hold Student Passes and Long-term Social Visit Passes.2 The government is currently working on a framework that will allow for short-term accommodation to be regulated in some sense, and the first draft of this policy will be only be released in mid to late April.3 The thesis looks to develop a model of housing that provides short term housing - on-demand - for this transient demograph that seeks short-term accomodation. Similar to the bike sharing/on-demand services that have seen a rise in recent years, the thesis will develop and look at the feasibility of a new type of housing that can be injected into the urban fabric in Singapore, through the development of new infrastructure or of existing ones. Given the ad-hoc nature of the house, attention will be given to the types of materials used, compared to the traditional materials used in construction in Singapore, as well as the construction of the house.