scholarly journals Mass Customization for Social Housing in Evolving Neighborhoods in Brazil

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (21) ◽  
pp. 9027
Author(s):  
Luisa Felix Dalla Vecchia ◽  
Branko Kolarevic
Keyword(s):  
Mass Customization ◽  
Social Housing ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Individual Needs ◽  
Over Time

Mass customization is being adopted in many housing contexts worldwide to provide families with dwellings that suit their individual needs at costs similar to mass-produced items. However, in many social housing contexts, there are barriers that can hinder the adoption of mass customization, despite the benefits it could bring to residents. This is the case in the Brazilian social housing context considering house units for families of the lowest income range. This paper explores the possibilities and limitations of applying mass customization in this context to improve the living conditions in these neighborhoods as they evolve over time. This study analyzes the ecology of the system of provision of social housing for the lowest income range, pre-occupancy, and post-occupancy in the neighborhood’s development over time. This study argues that it would be more feasible and bring more and longer-lasting benefits to the stakeholders involved if mass customization were applied post-occupancy.

scholarly journals Social Housing Customization in Brazil

Encyclopedia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 589-601
Author(s):  
Luisa Felix Dalla Vecchia ◽  
Nirce Saffer Medvedovski
Keyword(s):  
Mass Customization ◽  
Mass Production ◽  
Social Housing ◽  
Construction Process ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Family Needs ◽  
Unit Design ◽  
The City ◽  
Development And Evolution ◽  
Housing Units

Social housing customization in Brazil refers to the current processes of development and evolution of government-funded neighborhoods for the lowest-income population. The mass production of small housing units that do not satisfy family needs instigates a self-design and self-construction process post-occupancy to customize the units. Ultimately, these changes to the units bring unintended negative consequences for the families and the city. In this context, mass customization is seen as an alternative to address some of the problems related to unit design.

scholarly journals Towards eco-social housing in Vietnam: challenges and opportunities

2018 ◽  
Vol 193 ◽  
pp. 01001
Author(s):  
Van Thuong Le ◽  
Tuan Tran ◽  
Truc Truong
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Social Housing ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Housing Demand ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Rapid Urbanization ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
The Government

Since Doi Moi (Reform) policy in 1986, Vietnam has experienced rapid urbanization and economic growth. Urbanization has resulted in increasingly high housing demand in the urban areas but this has largely unmet, especially housing for low-income people. Development of social housing for low-income and under-privileged people in cities has been seen as an urgent and important task of the government to pursue stable social and economic development. Low-income people are most vulnerable to environmental impacts and in need of energy-efficient houses to reduce their cost of living. Eco-social housing is seen as a solution to protect the natural environment as well as to boost local economy, improve living conditions particularly for low income people. Through preliminary assessments of three social buildings at three distinct regions of Vietnam, this paper found that despite many challenges, eco-social housing is a solution to Vietnam's needs in providing houses with adequate living conditions to low-income people while protecting the environment and achieving sustainable eco-social development in the long run.

scholarly journals Impact of Haitian migration on a social housing habitat in Santiago (Chile), from the perception of its residents

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-133
Author(s):  
Ana María Álvarez Rojas ◽  
◽  
Héctor Cavieres Higuera ◽  
Angelo Patricio Ibarra González ◽  
Ricardo Truffello Robledo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Social Housing ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

In 2019, an exploratory qualitative study was carried out in a social housing neighborhood located on the outskirts of the city of Santiago, Chile whose purpose was to understand the perception of its Chilean residents regarding the massive arrival of Haitian migrants to the place. The results show not only their dissimilar and ambivalent perceptions regarding the impact of the arrival of this new population to their residential habitat but also a greater precariousness in both groups living conditions

scholarly journals Technology, Users, and Sustainable Social Housing

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 30-40
Author(s):  
Jan Johansson
Keyword(s):  
Social Housing ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Indoor Climate ◽  
Architectural Practice ◽  
Technology Users

Abstract This paper aims to contribute with results in relation to the challenges that users encounter with regard to technologies in sustainable social housing. The results are significant and show that in modern Danish sustainable social housing consideration is not taken for the users in relation to the technologies implemented in the buildings. The consequences are that the intentions of the technologies supporting economic, environmental, and social sustainability do not work for the users when the buildings are taken into use. The paper argues that developers and architectural practice should in future use simpler technologies that give residents the opportunity to individually regulate their homes’ indoor climate. At the same time, architecture and technology should reflect the consideration towards the climate in the local context and the users’ funda-mental living conditions. The paper argues for the development of a more user-oriented architecture, where the interaction between architecture and technology can work for the users and to a greater extent support the intentions with regard to sustainability.

scholarly journals Peacebuilding Through Yoga? Qualitative Assessment of a Yoga Program in a Social Housing Complex in Santa Marta, Colombia

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-41
Author(s):  
Laura Liévano-Karim
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Social Housing ◽  
Qualitative Assessment ◽  
Housing Complex ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Changes Over Time ◽  
Mental And Physical Health ◽  
Over Time

Abstract The goal of the study was to assess perceived mental and physical health benefits of a yoga intervention for people living in Ciudad Equidad, a social housing complex in Colombia. The study participants voluntarily enrolled to complete two yoga sessions per week, each lasting 1.5 hours, during a 3-month period. Additionally, they participated in baseline and postintervention focus groups. This qualitative assessment was intended to identify perceived changes in aggressiveness, interpersonal relationships, and stress after participating in the yoga sessions. Data analysis revealed that participants perceived changes over time in relation to when they began the intervention.

scholarly journals 2 BITS: A case of mass customization for social housing

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Lira de Toledo e Gazel ◽  
Andressa Carmo Pena Martinez ◽  
Denise Mônaco dos Santos ◽  
Douglas Lopes de Souza
Keyword(s):  
Mass Customization ◽  
Social Housing

Troubled Neighbourhoods: Encounters with Housing Authorities

2018 ◽  
pp. 110-135
Author(s):  
Insa Lee Koch
Keyword(s):  
Social Housing ◽  
Social Behaviour ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Citizen Engagement ◽  
Structural Problems ◽  
Close Proximity ◽  
Communal Areas ◽  
Housing Estates

Chapter 4 analyses tenants’ encounters with social housing providers in their daily attempts to maintain neighbourhoods that they consider fit for living. Social housing tenants’ view of what constitutes ‘neighbour trouble’ is often fundamentally out of sync with what the authorities refer to as ‘nuisance’ and ‘anti-social behaviour’. For social housing providers and their partners, the language of ‘nuisance’ and ‘anti-social behaviour’ denotes individualized conflicts between tenants. However, this language tends to silence the decades of material neglect that have deeply marked Britain’s housing estates. This decline is the primary cause of what tenants refer to as ‘trouble’: badly insulated walls and ceilings, cramped living conditions, and poorly maintained communal areas give rise to tensions between neighbours living in close proximity to one another. While tenants learn to use the language of ‘anti-social behaviour’ and ‘nuisance’ to frame their claims for help, this chapter argues that these forms of state-citizen engagement further depoliticize the structural problems that tenants face, while reinforcing a climate of suspicion and mistrust between tenants.

scholarly journals Health and living conditions in social housing: comparison between rehabilitated and non-rehabilitated neighbourhoods

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 535-544 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Soares ◽  
Sandra Brochado ◽  
Nuno Ramos ◽  
Raquel Duarte ◽  
Pedro Norton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Housing ◽  
Living Conditions

Online Due Date Strategy on Mass Customization

2011 ◽  
Vol 201-203 ◽  
pp. 1135-1140
Author(s):  
Ru Ying Pang ◽  
Da Cheng Liu ◽  
Qiang Li
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Heuristic Algorithm ◽  
Mass Customization ◽  
Queuing Theory ◽  
Control Parameters ◽  
Due Date ◽  
De Algorithm ◽  
On Line ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Over Time

In order to make response rapidly for customization demand and reduce the cost, this paper studied the due date strategies between MTS stage and MTO stage of mass customization supply chain. We consider the sequencing and due date of a series of orders that arrive at MTO stage over time. Using of queuing theory, the paper puts forward SPTA-DE algorithm which is the on-line heuristic algorithm of orders scheduling and due date quotation. And, the paper make comparative analyses on the due date and cost for the SPTA- DE heuristic algorithm and FCFS algorithm under the various control parameters, and draws constructive conclusions.

Effect of accommodating sucking and nosing on the behaviour of artificially reared piglets

2005 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 240-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
T M Widowski ◽  
Y Yuan ◽  
J M Gardner
Keyword(s):  
Social Housing ◽  
Passive Immunity ◽  
Milk Replacer ◽  
Feeding System ◽  
Sterile Water ◽  
Artificial Rearing ◽  
Neonatal Piglets ◽  
Laboratory Facility ◽  
Belly Nosing ◽  
Over Time

Neonatal piglets are often used in biomedical research applications that require artificial rearing. Social housing can be problematic because the piglets develop belly nosing, navel and ear sucking that can result in injury. Our objective was to determine the effectiveness of using feeding devices that provide various opportunities for sucking and nosing behaviour on reducing piglet-directed behaviour of group-housed laboratory piglets. Fifteen piglets were used in each of four trials. The piglets nursed their dam for approximately 72 h to obtain passive immunity before transfer to a laboratory facility where they were allotted, five per group, to one of three stainless steel isolator units. Each unit featured a different style of feeding system for the delivery of milk replacer: a plastic trough (T), a nipple (N) mounted on a smooth plexiglass wall, or a nipple mounted on a pliant bag of sterile water (artificial udder [AU]). Each system had five feeding spaces so that all piglets fed simultaneously. Milk was provided at 6-h intervals, and behaviour was recorded on alternate days for 12 days post-weaning. Although trough-fed piglets began to eat much sooner than those piglets fed from nipples, time spent nosing, chewing or sucking on pen-mates and belly nosing were markedly higher in T piglets than in either N or AU, overall (mean: P <0.05) and over time (quadratic: P <0.05). Over time, N piglets developed a stereotypic snout rubbing on the wall behind the nipples, while AU piglets massaged and often fell asleep in contact with the udder from day 2 of the trial. Resting patterns were also affected. N and AU piglets settled down to rest more quickly (P <0.01) and spent significantly more time resting in the hour following feeding than T piglets (P <0.05). A feeding device that accommodates both sucking and massage can significantly reduce piglet-directed behaviour and may facilitate social housing of artificially reared piglets.

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