Reimagining Towers, Designing Towers that Grow and Evolve Over Time: Vertical Regenerative Plugin System Part 2 Dissertation 2026 Yusuf Burhani Manipal Academy of Higher Education - Dubai campus Dubai UAE "Why are our homes expected to remain unchanged when our lives never do? Families grow, relationships evolve, and memories accumulate, yet housing is typically conceived as a fixed product rather than a lifelong companion."The Dissertation starts from drawing the inspiration of Metabolist ideas and contemporary plugin architecture looking towards Archigrams and other projects the dissertation focuses on the how aspects of it (How can such things be implemented in real life?) while researching on new technologies like 3D printing, Ai and etc. to understand the efficiency. Challenging conventional notions of permanence, the dissertation reframes sustainability as the ability of architecture to remain relevant across generations.This dissertation is not about creating larger homes, but more enduring ones. It argues that sustainability is measured not only by energy or materials, but by architecture's ability to remain meaningful throughout a lifetime.Reimagining Towers returns to the Metabolist movement of 1960s Japan, where architects like Kenzo Tange and Kisho Kurokawa first imagined buildings as living organisms capable of growing, shedding, and regenerating with their inhabitants. The dissertation asks why that vision? most famously the Nakagin Capsule Tower ultimately failed, and whether today's tools can finally deliver what it promised.?"A home should grow alongside the people who give it life, allowing memories to accumulate instead of being left behind."This vision transforms housing from a fixed object into a living companion, one that matures with its inhabitants and celebrates the continuity of home across generations. Tutor(s) Shaghi Nair Dipti Shukla