Housing Design for All

Identify social practices and spatial configurations that determine the qualities of existing dwelling communities. ,Understand how addressing sociocultural adequacy, affordability and materiality as key design factors promotes sustainable approaches to housing. ,Understand how design approaches based on incrementality, typological mix and clustering can enhance the living conditions of urban communities. ,Compare the characteristics of housing schemes designed by different architects taking account of different social, political and geographical contexts. ,Evaluate the performance of dwelling communities taking into consideration the relation between social, economic and environmental factors.