with a sense of hopelessness and social
marginalisation felt by the residents who
have little choice but to live illegally, lead
us to expand the project and establish a
line of action divided into three stages:
• Firstly – produce a survey of the
methods of construction and social
organisation of the existing urban
process in order to identify the positive
factors and re-use them as tools in the
development of the project for affordable
social housing
• Secondly – based on the research and
data from stage 1, suggest smaller scale
and affordable adjustments to the existing
houses in order to provide immediate
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improvements to the residents’ living
conditions. Issues such as thermal
comfort, ventilation and natural lighting
of the living spaces could be addressed
and made to be substantially more
efficient.
• Thirdly – develop a proposal for an
affordable social housing project which
incorporates the knowledge gained
during stages one and two. This project
will place an emphasis on minimising the
environmental impact of the buildings
and neighbourhoods and also on
educating the residents by making them
aware of their role in maintaining their
urban conditions. AD
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