
Since the 1950s, the number of people who live by themselves is growing exponentially. In the 10,000 year history of human civilization, this is the first documented period where large proportions of the population occupy their own, individual, dwelling. Today more than half of the residents of Manhattan live alone. The Watertight collection is an incomplete archive of infrastructure that supports single-occupant living in New York City.

Created by
Caitlin Robinson & Ziv Schneider
3D Printing
Laguardia Studio, NYU
Illustrations
Emily Bell Dinan
Design Consulting
Dalit Shalom
Nitzan Hermon
Fabrication Cosultant
Shir David
A special thank you
Jes K Fan, Lior Zalmanson, Shalev Moran, Cara Francis, Kristin Lucas, Yotam Rozin, Katherine Dillon, and the people who have let us into their homes and allowed us to capture them: Alee, Amelia, Dalit, Emily, Jerry, Lamora, Margaret, Marc, Mei-Ling, Rob, Shir, Thelma and Vitaly