The accepted forms of living in the modern era are determined by a variety of forces: economic, cultural and even political. From the beginning of modernism and the industrialization of the 19th century until today, residential planning is done by standardizing the apartment, duplicating it, and – on a larger scale – erecting buildings in repetitive forms everywhere. This "standard", though, creates generalizations, groups individuals into categorized statistical entities and "flattens" the individual who is the basis for all. Furthermore – while the Standard strives for permanence, for fixation, life is contrary to this trend: culture and living norms alter over the years, the composition of the population is dynamic, family frameworks undergo change and with them residential needs. In addition, sophisticated marketing systems establish today the 'apartment dream' according to fashionable seemingly ideal standards as 'must have 3 air directions', 'a bedroom for each child', 'guest toilets', 'balcony', 'sheltered parking' and more. My project seeks to stop and re-examine the subject of residence in the face of the dynamic reality. It asks: what does a person really need in a "home"? The project offers a rethinking of the nuclear residential unit and its integration into the city texture. It focuses on solutions for adding small apartments into an existing urban fabric following the well-spoken-off shortage of such apartments in Israel. I would like to challenge the existing standardization by developing the idea of temporality in residence. I suggest a system for residence as shelf product architecture with multi-functional variations.