A Participatory Design Game for Social Housing Configuration in the Context of Manaus, in Brazil

The emic structure of space heavily depends on the social, cultural, and economic context (Hillier, 1989). Yet, many social housing projects disregard this crucial aspect by standardizing the configuration of space (Sanoff, 2000). To be able to avoid the standardization of configuration and benefit from the cost-efficiency of mass production ...

ShellTerra: Reconfigurable Masonry Settlements for Refugees

July of 2021 marked the beginning of a massive internal conflict in Afghanistan, resulting with the reinstated power of Taliban across the country. The radical change in the regime and the vast destruction of people’s homes and cities led to a steep increase in internal displacement and the total number of Afghan refugees inside and outside of...