Posts tagged ‘housing’
Accommodating change – Housing in London
February 23rd, 2010
Guest author: Alexandra Theodorou
Over the last few years, population growth in London has created an imperative need for increasing housing supply. At the same time household structure is radically changing with one-person dwellings accounting for a large proportion of the demand. Terraced housing has provided satisfactory living conditions for many years and still defines much of the city’s [...]
Tags: architectural association, design, england, housing, research, sustainble environmental design, temperate climate
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Urban social housing in Colombia
February 18th, 2010
Guest author: Gilda Riveros
In Colombia, even though the construction of social housing has increased there is still a high demand that has not been fully covered. In addition, the majority of current schemes lack in comfort and consideration of local climatic conditions. This project focuses on the design of affordable urban housing units. The introduction of climate-responsive strategies [...]
Tags: architectural association, cold climate, colombia, design, housing, research, sustainble environmental design
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Courtyard housing typology in an urban area
February 18th, 2010
Guest author: Alberto Moletto
Since, then the high proportion of citizens in the suburbs has continued to grow: by 2008, the ratio of suburban to urban dwellers had reached 2:1. The fundamental reasons for this migration have been identified as a lack of green areas in the city, and the absence of housing projects with private courtyards. However, even [...]
Tags: architectural association, chile, housing, mediterranean climate, outdoor comfort, research, sustainble environmental design
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Emergency (post-disaster) housing for the Chilean scenario
February 14th, 2010
Guest author: José Antonio Espinoza Pérezdetudela
Chile is one of the most seismic countries worldwide. Despite this, it does not have a proper relief policy to overcome the stressful consequences that an earthquake has over the affected families. It also does not take into account how to react in the different climatic scenarios that Chile presents. This study addresses the design [...]
Tags: architectural association, chile, cold climate, design, earthquake, housing, post disaster, research, sustainble environmental design
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