2 BITS: A case of mass customization for social housing

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.

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Mass Customization for Social Housing in Evolving Neighborhoods in Brazil

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12219027 ◽

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.

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Investigating the Impacts of a Changing Neighbourhood Landscape on Social Housing Residents? Experiences of Stigma, Health and Well-being in Toronto's Regent Park Community

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e507502013-171 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Madelaine Cahuas

Keyword(s):

Social Housing ◽

Well Being ◽

Health And Well Being ◽

Regent Park

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Product Information Management for Mass Customization

10.1057/9780230800922 ◽

2006 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Cipriano Forza ◽

Fabrizio Salvador

Keyword(s):

Information Management ◽

Mass Customization ◽

Product Information

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Ausnahmesegment

PROKLA Zeitschrift für kritische Sozialwissenschaft ◽

10.32387/prokla.v48i191.82 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 48 (191) ◽

Author(s):

Barbara Schönig

Keyword(s):

Welfare State ◽

Social Housing ◽

Integrated Approach ◽

New Paradigm ◽

Development Models ◽

Form And Function ◽

Institutional Organization ◽

National Welfare ◽

And Function ◽

The Welfare State

Going along with the end of the “golden age” of the welfare state, the fordist paradigm of social housing has been considerably transformed. From the 1980s onwards, a new paradigm of social housing has been shaped in Germany in terms of provision, institutional organization and design. This transformation can be interpreted as a result of the interplay between the transformation of national welfare state and housing policies, the implementation of entrepreneurial urban policies and a shift in architectural and urban development models. Using an integrated approach to understand form and function of social housing, the paper characterizes the new paradigm established and nevertheless interprets it within the continuity of the specific German welfare resp. housing regime, the “German social housing market economy”.

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