Space standards are envisioned as a powerful means to regulate dwelling design, ensuring the quality, functionality, and safety of homes. Their ultimate objective is to guarantee a minimum level of design quality that can ...

Background: In Chile, the government is providing basic dwellings to poor elderly subjects that do not have a place to live. These dwellings may be located in buildings or in codominiums. Aim: To assess the quality of life ...

En este artículo analizo el texto de Heidegger sobre “habitar” junto a otros fragmentos de varios filósofos inspirados específicamente en este, en un intento por ilustrar cómo el “habitar” no es tratado como la vida ...

The present study has the objective of analyzing how the ways of dwelling influences the uses and the functional and symbolic appropriations of the urban space in Fortaleza city center, through the perspective of the ...

This paper is to discuss the dwelling verticalization process that the city of Recife, Brazil, is undergoing nowadays. In the last 50 years, the population of this city increased almost three times. The same can be said ...

Ornament or decorative elements are a constant in spontaneous architecture. When people build their own dwelling without consulting a professional, it will always display some kind of sign or symbol aimi ng to make the ...

An East Indian family of a man, women and children outside their dwelling place. The group includes one who is trying to open a dried coconut. The hut, in the background, is made from wood, while the roof is made from palm ...

An East Indian family of a man, women and children outside their dwelling place. The group includes one who is trying to open a dried coconut. The hut, in the background, is made from wood, while the roof is made from palm ...

An East Indian family of women and children outside their dwelling place. The group includes one who is trying to open a dried coconut. The hut, in the background, is made from wood, while the roof is made from palm leaves. ...