Resilience in architecture: housing as a process

Authors

  • Luana Paulichen University of Campinas
  • Raquel Magalhães Leite University of Campinas
  • Silvia Aparecida Mikami Goncalves Pina University of Campinas

Abstract

This work starts with a hypothesis that housing design process can be an open system, whose resilience becomes positive when it is understood as a process with multiple agents, among one of them is the architect. Current housing production presents inadequacies and flexibility problems that bring this system to an unbalanced situation, which makes it more difficult for people to modify the space they live. This work aims to identify if and how the insertion of other architectural strategies in housing production could foster its resilience. In order to reach this objective, this research uses an explanatory approach based on a literature review on the theme and case studies. Firstly, the concepts of system and resilience are explored under approaches that cover the reductionist and the systemic paradigm. After that, some discussions regarding housing and counter-hegemonic practices are presented. Finally, selected case studies are analysed from the perspective of the resilience characteristics in order to verify if they develop the concept of housing as a continuous process. The results enforce the need for shifting the emphasis of current housing schemes to a new configuration of dynamic balance and highlight the role of open and informational processes to achieve this goal.

Author Biographies

Luana Paulichen, University of Campinas

Master student in Architecture, Technology and Cities at the University of Campinas. Holds a degree in Architecture and Urbanism from the University Center Nossa Senhora do Patrocínio.

Raquel Magalhães Leite, University of Campinas

Master student in Architecture, Technology and Cities at the University of Campinas. Holds a degree in Architecture and Urbanism from the Federal University of Ceará.

Silvia Aparecida Mikami Goncalves Pina, University of Campinas

Doctor and Livre-Docente in Architecture and Urbanism, and professor at the University of Campinas, Brazil. She produces studies on housing for projects of architecture and urban design.

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2020-03-30

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