Design Criteria in Vernacular Architecture as a Proposal for Low-Income Dwelling for Urban Parishes of the Babahoyo Canton, Ecuador

Movable Possessions: alternative housing through adaptable design

10.32920/ryerson.14654655.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Lisa Marshall

Keyword(s):

Affordable Housing ◽

Low Income ◽

Design Research ◽

Vernacular Architecture ◽

Design Principles ◽

Short Term ◽

Adaptable Design ◽

Alternative Housing ◽

The World

Poor communities around the world have developed architecture without architects. Subsidized low-income housing has been built as if to provide only a shortterm solution. Poverty and lack of affordable housing is not a short-term problem but an ongoing issue that demands creative adaptable solutions for a changing world. Adaptable architecture is essential for the redesign of affordable housing that is environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable. In order to mend the broken bond between lower-incomes and the architectural quality of space, this design research strives to both defend and produce affordable architectural alternatives to housing through the use of adaptable design principles and strategies found within Barbados’ Vernacular Architecture, the Chattel house.

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Housing Workers’ Evaluations of Residential Environmental Quality in South Korean Welfare Housing for Low-Income, Single-Parent Families

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12145599 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (14) ◽

pp. 5599

Author(s):

Minjung Cho

Keyword(s):

Low Income ◽

Well Being ◽

Single Parent ◽

Housing Quality ◽

Primary Data ◽

Future Research ◽

Design Criteria ◽

Spatial Design ◽

Outdoor Spaces ◽

Family Privacy

This study evaluates the spatial conditions of the residential environment in welfare housing built for low-income, single-parent (LISP) families in South Korea to reveal the significant residential environmental (RE) design criteria concerning housing quality and family well-being. The primary data were analyzed by surveying 30 housing directors from 29 welfare residences, in conjunction with facility visits and interviews. The survey data were supplemented by interviewing 11 stakeholders, including government institute officials, project architects, and former residents who exited the program. A statistical analysis examined the RE quality in relation to building and resident features. Most respondents reported insufficient physical quality, specifically due to inappropriate units in size and number; poor indoor noise control; and substandard unit rooms, children’s rooms, and outdoor spaces. Furthermore, adequate rooms, family privacy, and a pleasant indoor environment (i.e., noise barrier, thermal comfort) were the most critical spatial design criteria. Particularly, the aforementioned housing environmental attributes were found to be different depending on a building’s construction year and type, householder type and age, and children’s age. Practical and methodological implications and future research directions are discussed to elevate the housing quality and sustainable well-being in welfare housing.

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Impact of Self-Cleansing Criteria Choice on the Optimal Design of Sewer Networks in South America

Water ◽

10.3390/w11061148 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (6) ◽

pp. 1148 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Carlos Montes ◽

Zoran Kapelan ◽

Juan Saldarriaga

Keyword(s):

Optimal Design ◽

Low Income ◽

Design Flow ◽

The Self ◽

Design Criteria ◽

Flow Rates ◽

Sewer Systems ◽

Sewer Network ◽

Final Design ◽

Sewer Networks

This paper aims to analyze different sediment self-cleansing criteria and to find out what the corresponding implications are on the optimal design of sewer systems. A methodology based on enumeration is used to find the sewer network design that minimizes the costs of construction while fulfilling a number of design criteria including self-cleansing constraints. Three stormwater and wastewater sewer networks are used for the analyses. The results indicate that in cases where the terrain slopes and design flow rates are higher, the self-cleansing restrictions are irrelevant to the optimal design. However, when the terrain slopes and the design flow rates are lower, these restrictions affect the final design. Using the results obtained, a graph is constructed showing the limit at which self-cleansing restrictions become a constraining parameter in optimal design for sewer networks. It is expected that this graph will be useful for the design of future sewer networks in low-income areas, where the design of traditional, gravity-based sewer systems is essential.

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A solution for future designs using techniques from vernacular architecture in southern Iran

Sustainable buildings ◽

10.1051/sbuild/2017007 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Fatima Mirahmadi ◽

Hasim Altan

Keyword(s):

Low Income ◽

Vernacular Architecture ◽

Environmental Issues ◽

Human Needs ◽

The Past ◽

Passive Strategies ◽

Low Levels ◽

Save Energy ◽

The City ◽

Moderate Climate

Nowadays in modern life, every technology and technique for comfortable life is available. People with low income, in other words, with low levels of economic power, can also have those facilities to stay warm in winter and stay cool in summer. Many years back when there were no advanced systems for human needs, passive strategies played a big role in peoples' lives. This paper concentrates on a small city in Iran that had used special strategies to solve peoples' environmental issues. The city is called Evaz, which is located in the Fars region of Iran with distance around 20 km from Gerash city and 370 km from south east of Shiraz. Evaz receives minimum rainfall, which is the reason why water is limited in this area and therefore, cisterns (water storage) had been used for many years that is studied in more detail in this paper. In summers, the climate is hot and dry, sometimes the external temperatures reaching around 46 °C during the day. Although the winters are typically cold and likewise dry, moderate climate is available in Evaz during autumn and spring. This study identifies some of the past strategies and describes them in detail with analysis for transformation and connections with the modern and traditional fundamentals. Furthermore, the study develops some solutions utilizing a combination of both modern and traditional techniques in design to suggest better and more effective ways to save energy, and at the same time to remain sustainable for the future.

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DESIGN CONCEPTS FOR THE INTEGRATION OF BAMBOO IN CONTEMPORARY VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE

Journal of Green Building ◽

10.3992/1943-4618.14.4.223 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 14 (4) ◽

pp. 223-241

Author(s):

Shahryar Habibi

Keyword(s):

Affordable Housing ◽

Low Income ◽

Financial Stability ◽

Home Ownership ◽

Vernacular Architecture ◽

Design Strategies ◽

Construction Costs ◽

Design Concepts ◽

Housing Systems ◽

Low Income Families

This paper discusses the development of design concepts for a row of typical bamboo houses, including the layout configuration and the function/aesthetics properties that are important from an architectural perspective. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the role of bamboo in investigations of structural and sustainability benefits and to highlight key research ideas that are important for industrialized production and cultural systems. The development of bamboo housing systems can advance efforts directed at securing home ownership for low-income families through lowering the construction costs to levels that are within their budgets. This paper aims to demonstrate approaches for using bamboo as a structural material for low-income and affordable housing. Bamboo housing can improve the financial stability and economic sustainability of low-income families. This paper presents a review of examples of vernacular architecture and building elements and then highlights the design of two bamboo-structure residential houses based on bio-climatic design strategies.

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Movable Possessions: alternative housing through adaptable design

10.32920/ryerson.14654655 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Lisa Marshall

Keyword(s):

Affordable Housing ◽

Low Income ◽

Design Research ◽

Vernacular Architecture ◽

Design Principles ◽

Short Term ◽

Adaptable Design ◽

Alternative Housing ◽

The World

Poor communities around the world have developed architecture without architects. Subsidized low-income housing has been built as if to provide only a shortterm solution. Poverty and lack of affordable housing is not a short-term problem but an ongoing issue that demands creative adaptable solutions for a changing world. Adaptable architecture is essential for the redesign of affordable housing that is environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable. In order to mend the broken bond between lower-incomes and the architectural quality of space, this design research strives to both defend and produce affordable architectural alternatives to housing through the use of adaptable design principles and strategies found within Barbados’ Vernacular Architecture, the Chattel house.

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PENERAPAN ARSITEKTUR PERILAKU PADA PERANCANGAN RUMAH SUSUN BAGI NELAYAN

Jurnal SCALE ◽

10.33541/scale.v6i2.44 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 14

Author(s):

Ulinata H

Keyword(s):

Population Growth ◽

Environmental Quality ◽

Low Income ◽

Time Budget ◽

Setting Time ◽

Design Criteria ◽

Design Evaluation ◽

Behavior Setting ◽

Residential Unit

The need for residence which is directly proportional to population growth bringsabout density and dinginess of fisherman settlement at Lorong Proyek, Bagan DeliVillage, Medan Belawan Subdistrict, North Sumatera. Density and dinginess in this areahave caused it to be improper so that the alternative in handling it is by designing anapartment for the fishermen who are dominated by low income people. A livableapartment should have a standardized residence without ignoring fishermen’s goodbehavior in the residential unit and its vicinity so that it can accommodate their needs,based on users’ satisfaction-based observation and design evaluation and by payingattention to the analysis on their behavior and needs while they live in the apartment.The process of designing an apartment was obtained from questionnaires andobservation through behavior setting, time budget, and behavioral mapping.Theobjective of the research was to yield design criteria which applied behavioralarchitecture in designing apartment for fishermen. It was expected to be able to copewith the problem of the decrease in the environmental quality to become a livableresidence which could accommodate apartment dwellers’ behavior/activity for fishermen.

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A View of the Lexical–Grammatical Link in Young Latinos With Specific Language Impairment Using Language-Specific and Conceptual Measures

Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research ◽

10.1044/2019_jslhr-l-18-0315 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 62 (6) ◽

pp. 1775-1786 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Lucía I. Méndez ◽

Gabriela Simon-Cereijido

Keyword(s):

Low Income ◽

Language Impairment ◽

Specific Language Impairment ◽

L2 Acquisition ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Specific Language ◽

Vocabulary Skills ◽

In The Beginning ◽

Study Participants ◽

L1 And L2

Purpose This study investigated the nature of the association of lexical–grammatical abilities within and across languages in Latino dual language learners (DLLs) with specific language impairment (SLI) using language-specific and bilingual measures. Method Seventy-four Spanish/English–speaking preschoolers with SLI from preschools serving low-income households participated in the study. Participants had stronger skills in Spanish (first language [L1]) and were in the initial stages of learning English (second language [L2]). The children's lexical, semantic, and grammar abilities were assessed using normative and researcher-developed tools in English and Spanish. Hierarchical linear regressions of cross-sectional data were conducted using measures of sentence repetition tasks, language-specific vocabulary, and conceptual bilingual lexical and semantic abilities in Spanish and English. Results Results indicate that language-specific vocabulary abilities support the development of grammar in L1 and L2 in this population. L1 vocabulary also contributes to L2 grammar above and beyond the contribution of L2 vocabulary skills. However, the cross-linguistic association between vocabulary in L2 and grammar skills in the stronger or more proficient language (L1) is not observed. In addition, conceptual vocabulary significantly supported grammar in L2, whereas bilingual semantic skills supported L1 grammar. Conclusions Our findings reveal that the same language-specific vocabulary abilities drive grammar development in L1 and L2 in DLLs with SLI. In the early stages of L2 acquisition, vocabulary skills in L1 also seem to contribute to grammar skills in L2 in this population. Thus, it is critical to support vocabulary development in both L1 and L2 in DLLs with SLI, particularly in the beginning stages of L2 acquisition. Clinical and educational implications are discussed.

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