More with Less: Towards an affordable Munich

This paper discusses relevant defini-tions of affordable housing in order to aim for a common understanding of the topic. This common understanding consists of two dimensions – the rea-sonable economic burden and housing quality. Both dimensions can be exam-ined from a qualitative and quantitative perspective. A qualitative perspective consists...

A Place for Informality: Designing cities for the informal using formal market driven systems

One of the most striking things bout the city of Mumbai, and more specifically Nalasopara, is the conflict visible between the formal and informal natures of the city. In a city where informal work and precarious lifestyles, are becoming ever more common, with currently 81% of india’s ecmonmy in the informal sector, the systems used to house...

Burkinabé Domesticity: A contextualized response to rapid urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa

Burkina Faso is a developing country that is in a demographic transition. Its diverse population with dozens of ethnic groups, each with its own values and traditions, is growing at an extreme rate and exemplifies the phenomenon of rapid urbanization. However, the current social housing programs exclude more than 50% of the population, living...

The experience of home: Stages of perception in contemporary housing

The main goal of the design is to find a way to enhance the quality of the experience of the city through the design of living spaces. These are themselves developed according to how the space is perceived and experienced, and not with a mere functional approach.

Caring for the Living Environment: The VAC Hengelo work on quality housing design (1957-2017)

In today's society, women are still not positioned as equals to men. This is no different in the field of architecture. When designing the built environment, the white man is still the norm and within the work field, the man still fills the majority of the higher positions in architectural firms. However, women have a different, more care...

Het Coöperatiehuis en het Vierwindenhuis: Een vergelijking van twee Amsterdamse woningbouwcomplexen met geïntegreerde collectieve functies

Concluderend is het antwoord op de onderzoeksvraag ‘Wat zijn overeenkomsten en verschillen tussen de collectieve woonvormen van het Coöperatiehuis (1930) en het Vierwindenhuis (1980) en hoe komt dit tot uitdrukking in de ontwerpen?’ dat het Coöperatiehuis en het Vierwindenhuis met verschillende ontwerpfilosofieën ontwikkeld zijn. Ze zijn met...

Our society will be as healthy as our homes: How does the dwelling architecture from 1840 to 1919 impact the health and well-being of the residents of Vienna and London today?

This essay explores the relationship between dwelling architecture and mental health, with a particular focus on the housing constructed in Vienna and London between 1840 and 1919, during a period of unprecedented growth that followed the Industrial Revolution. Contemporary building standards guarantee that current dwelling architecture does not...