Adaptation processes in Middle-Class housing units PRESENTATION

Adaptation processes in Middle-Class housing units Interaction with built space through everydayness

Arch. Cristina Dreifuss-Serrano, PhD.

“Was there, indeed, any way in which one might, by observation of culture as it is, decide in what direction that culture ought to go, in the future? Could one, then, draw the future from the present, by any kind of objective process?

Alexander (2002 [1980]) The Nature of Order, p. 349

The Research

Unidad Vecinal N째 3, El Cercado, 1945-49 (1120 units)

Unidad Vecinal Mirones, El Cercado, 1952-65 (1256 units)

Conjunto Residencial Palomino, El Cercado, 1964-65 (1675 units)

Conjunto Residencial San Felipe, Jesús María, 1964-68 (1599 units)

Early Findings

Type of intervention -

Dimensions Bounds Use Decoration

Constructive resources -

New construction (structural) New construction (partition) Demolition Accessories, furnishing

Reasons 1) Change of habits 2) Growth or decrease of the family 3) Safety 4) Comfort 5) Image

Type of intervention -

Dimensions Bounds Use Decoration

Constructive resources -

New construction (structural) New construction (partition) Demolition Accessories, furnishing

Questions Raised

“Softness” and “Hardness” in a building: structural and functional flexibility

“Softness” and “Hardness” in a building: structural and functional flexibility Inhabitant’s interventions as a solution to the problems posed by standarization.

“Softness” and “Hardness” in a building: structural and functional flexibility Inhabitant’s interventions as a solution to the problems posed by standardization.

Designing of form and structure, anticipating to possible changes made by the inhabitants.

Said anticipation could consider also the formal external aspects of the building.

Next steps

Unidad Vecinal N째 3

Unidad Vecinal Mirones

Conjunto Residencial Palomino

Luis Aquino Paul Alonso Percy Biaggi Bryan Castillo José Cepero Claudia Fuentes Diego Goycochea Mariale Hermoza Alexis Joy Bravo Mauricio Jumpa Sebastián Paredes Karina Paulet Samuel Povis Arantxa Rejas Pierina Sánchez Saul Ugaz Jorgesaúl Vasquez

Bach. Alfredo Castro Bach. Adolfo Crosby Bach. Emilio Jordán Bach. Luis M. Luque Bach. André Rodriguez

The Team