The aim of this workshop is to analyze different living typologies in detail to incite change to the current building codes which determine individuals’ domestic life. This summer studio is a four-week analysis and design workshop located in Mexico City, where students live and work. We confront and compare housing projects that are rooted in Mexican culture with housing projects that speak to foreign design ideas. The purpose of this intensive research is to be able to create a critical framework for a substantial critique on the current mode of production and policy making.