Open House International: Volume 34 Issue 4

Editorial

Nicholas Wilkinson

Some architects are still somewhat careful in embracing open building for two reasons. Firstly they see the design responsibility of ‘the plan’ being taken away from them and…

Evaluation of the Occupation and Evacuation of Peñalolen Settlement, Santiago De Chile

Julián Salas Serrano

This paper aims to ascertain that Latin America's current urban growth through large and organized ‘land squattings’ and limited invasions is a massive, plural and common…

Growth Patterns in Incremental Self-Build Housing in Chile

Rodrigo García Alvarado, Dirk Donath, Luis Felipe González Böhme

Over the past three decades, a small community of eighty-four Chilean low-income families has built and improved their home incrementally, without any technical assistance…

Flexible Design of Public Housing in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada

Elizabeth Debicka, Avi Friedman

Public housing delivered in the Canadian Arctic has been ill-adapted to the social and cultural realities of Inuit communities and to northern climate. Inadequate consultation has…

Continuity, Utility and Change: The Urban Compound House in Ghana

S. O. Afram, David Korboe

Since the fifteenth century when Europeans first established a credible presence in Ghana, colonial values have played a significant role in shaping lifestyles in the country…

Analysing Housing Quality: Belerko Housing Settlement, Trabzon, Turkey

Pelin Dursun, Gulsun Saglamer

The relationship between people and their home environment has always been an important research theme. Cooperative works of different disciplines and research areas, such as…

Traditional European Squares in Contemporary Urbanism: Dubrovnik's Medieval Squares

Tigran Haas

Buildings alone do not matter, it is only the ensemble of streets, squares, and buildings and the way they fit together that comprises the true principles of good urbanism and…

Tradition and Modernism in Yoruba Architecture: Bridging the Chasm

Olusola A. Sonaiya, Ozgur Dincyurek

Vernacular and modern architecture have mostly been seen as antitheses, impossible to reconcile, especially in Africa. They appear to belong to different ages, utilize different…

Learning From Housing: A Retrospective Narrative of Housing Environments in North Cyprus

Resmiye Alpar Atun, Hifsiye Pulhan

This study attempts to assess housing developments on the island of Cyprus by referring to the various actions taken and policies implemented during different periods as a result…