Abstract
ABSTRACT In many cities, living in an apartment throughout the life-course challenges the status-quo. While density is acceptable during some life-stages, the default is the detached dwelling during others. The parenting period is one such stage. Using records of the experiences of 20 parents of children 0-5 in apartments in Sydney, Australia, this paper questions the adequacy of density for family life in the case-study city. We add a unique focus on temporality, conceptualising densification and parenting as projects in transition. Our analysis reveals disruptions to densified family life, suggesting that the process of densification is at odds with the timings of childhood and the urgency of the problems perpetuated by lower-density urban form.
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