Into the climate
Improving living conditions in informal settlements in tropical countries
Wioletta Sarara (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
Mo Smit – Mentor
Andy van den Dobbelsteen – Mentor
Engbert van der Zaag – Mentor
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Abstract
The problem of lack of healthy living conditions is touching all of us. People nowadays base too much on mechanical appliances, forgetting that just small changes in the shape of the building could change the living conditions throughout the whole lifespan of the building.
The biggest problem is in informal settlements where they do not have access to infrastructure while using modern building materials. My project cope with this problem by shaping building with climate, use of natural, low-tech materials and living with symbiosis with nature, while closing the circles of water and natural matter.