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The document discusses using participatory design to develop affordable community housing for families in the Philippines. Architects worked directly with families to understand their needs and lifestyles. This informed the design of housing units that met families' needs while reducing costs.

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The document discusses using participatory design to develop affordable community housing for families in the Philippines. Architects worked directly with families to understand their needs and lifestyles. This informed the design of housing units that met families' needs while reducing costs.

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Quantitative Evaluation of Public the implementation of public open

Open Space per Inhabitant in the spaces. This study revealed that,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: A Case currently, 24% of the planned open
Study of the City of Jeddah spaces are unbuilt, due to funding of
design, operation, and maintenance.
This study examined the public open
Collaboration and partnerships with the
spaces per capita in Jeddah and
private sector would reduce the financial
found evidence of misguided planning
load on both the ministry and the
practices resulting from a lack of
municipalities.
understanding of the importance of
these spaces, not only for residents
but also for the city’s different
sectors. Planning practices affect the Creating identity in new
built, natural, and human environments communities: case
of the city. Western literature and
studies from Saudi Arabia
practice use public open spaces as a
major tool to enhance the life quality and
improve physical, mental, social, Abstract
economic, and natural well-being of
cities and people. Saudi Arabia is Community identity is considered a
creating several programs to enhance desirable goal for various reasons. This
the life quality; however, these programs paper traces the impact of rapid and
could have negative Addas and unprecedented urbanization on the
structure of Saudi cities by taking the
Alserayhi 17 impacts if the aim is simply
example of a small town, Al-Badai in the
to achieve the KPIs, as is the case of Riyadh region. It points out how existing
the public open spaces per capita target towns are struggling to regain their
in Saudi cites. There is a need to build character through a number of methods
capacity in MoMRA and municipalities including the provision of planning
with expert Saudi planners and frameworks and the creation of new city
designers and involve them in the urban centers. The paper discusses the
transformation of Saudi cities. This will creation of identity in the two new
lead to the need for a public open space communities of Diplomatic Quarter,
typology, system, and network in all within Metropolitan Riyadh and Yanbu,
Saudi cities. This study indicated that the new industrial city on the Red Sea in
Jeddah could have a good level of the Western region. The paper
describes how site exploitation,
public open space per inhabitant if all
architecture of public buildings and
proposed and unbuilt spaces were
housing employing the principles of
implemented. However, there is a need traditional Saudi settlements, and
to establish a proactive framework that landscape architecture with local trees
enhances the quality and value of the and shrubs have been used in creating
spatial distribution of the spaces in the community identity. The use of hierarchy
city. Finally, MoMRA and the of mosques due to their frequent dotting
municipalities in Saudi cities need to of urban landscape as nodes and
adopt a collaboration system to support landmarks has been identified as a
special feature of these communities.
The paper brings out the roles of
administrative structure and
comprehensive planning approach in a
centralized system of government for
creating community identity.
Social Housing in Pinotepa ideal home and collecting different
Nacional / HDA: Hector Delmar perspectives on their lifestyles and
traditions.
Arquitectura + M+N Diseño
The collective proposal consists of two
Pinotepa Nacional, Mexico, 2019 volumes with gable roofs. Each volume
houses both private and common areas,
separated by an open courtyard. The
courtyard serves as a transitional space for
daily activities, as well as a free space for
planting an orchard or raising animals. Local
materials and familiar construction
techniques were used to emphasize the
houses' place within the rural context and
provide a sense of belonging to the families.

Case Study 3: Ōrākei Kāinga Tuatahi Project Au


https://www.archdaily.com/1003936/ Ōrākei Papākainga, New Zealand Boffa Miskell
designing-with-users-7-projects-where- https://chra-achru.ca/wp-content/uploads/
architects-collaborated-with- 2019/10/CHRA-Congress-Session-
communities Series_Architectural-Co-Design_final-1.pdf
This social housing scheme was birthed as a
collaboration between architects,
developers, and community farmers with the
aim of designing the homes of thirty-eight
families in a community dedicated to
agriculture. Despite the unique locality,
region, and distinct topography of the site,
the peculiarity of each family’s needs
became an added attribute to be negotiated
in the design process. To address this, the
architects used participatory design,
interviewing residents to understand their
Through the co-design process, Boffa Miskell
worked with the community to identify
homeownership, children’s safety, shared
outdoor living for the community, and
multigenerational housing as project goals. The
multi-family residential project includes mostly
3 and 4- bedroom suites to accommodate large
families. Safety was an important consideration,
and is emphasized through appropriate sight
lines onto communal spaces and building
orientations that facilitate the supervision of
children by the community as a whole. Slow
traffic zones encourage pedestrian activity and https://www.architectural-review.com/
increase safety for children’s play. Open spaces buildings/shelter-from-the-storm-
and communal amenities such as BBQs, community-structures-tagpuro-the-
playgrounds, community gardens, and pocket
parks encourage community and group
gatherings. The landscape design further
incorporates the cultural values of Ngāti Whātua
Ōrākei using the themes of water sensitive
design, community, productive landscapes,
native and locally sourced plants, biodiversity,
and health and wellbeing.

LOCAL (IN THE PHILIPPINES)


Community structures in Tagpuro in the
Philippines by Eriksson Furunes philippines-by-eriksson-furunes-with-
with Leandro V Locsin Partners adapt leandro-v-locsin-partners
to the destructive forces that wrecked

their Tacloban antecedents


according to the needs of each family. The
teams identified various interventions in order
to effectively reduce the cost of each new unit.
Finally, through comprehensive discussions and
exchanges between the members, the resulting
layout and schematic design of the housing unit
were achieved that was desirable to the
families. By using participatory design in the
development of a project, in this case, a
community housing unit, user acceptance is
therefore increased and rejection is reduced by
c the stakeholders.

3. Conclusion

This study shows how the use of participatory


design was effective in identifying numerously
COMMUNITY ARCHITECTURE: THE USE OF
feasible and cost-effective strategies in the
PARTICIPATORY DESIGN IN THE DEVELOPMENT
development of an affordable housing for the
OF A COMMUNITY HOUSING PROJECT IN THE
PHILIPPINES

Abstract:

This study exhibits the use of participatory


design in the development of a community
housing project for the twelve family members
of the Donnaville Homeowners Association in
Barangay 177, Caloocan City, Philippines. All
families have been living as informal settlers of
which portions of it were considered unsafe
due to recurrent flooding during heavy rains.
The housing project study was part of a
workshop initiated by members of the
Community Architecture Network. In order to
achieve this methodology, the community
architects arranged workshops between
members of the families. The members were
divided into teams that worked separately and
then collectively identify strategies in improving
the design and layout of the housing unit
families of Donnaville Homeowners Association.
By using Participative Design Workshops, the
community members were actively involved in
addressing their concerns as to come up with
alternative designs of their houses in addition to
the knowledge in building materials, cost
estimation and construction. These Participative
Design Workshops can be complex and requires
the contribution of several actors within the
different developmental phases. Each
participant is important in contributing to the
overall development of the project and the
project cannot be realized without the
involvement of all the actors. The workshop
resulted in a housing unit which was affordable
and beneficial to the members of the
association. Although the workshop proved to
be very challenging due to different
personalities and technical issues, the use of
participatory design still validates the
effectiveness in community planning. Finally,
the use of participatory design as a
methodology for community improvement
should be assimilated in the future design
curriculum for planning courses of the
universities.
REFERENCES
https://www.archdaily.com/1003936/
designing-with-users-7-projects-where-
architects-collaborated-with-communities
https://chra-achru.ca/wp-content/uploads/
2019/10/CHRA-Congress-Session-
Series_Architectural-Co-Design_final-1.pdf
https://www.architectural-review.com/
buildings/shelter-from-the-storm-community-
structures-tagpuro-the-philippines-by-
eriksson-furunes-with-leandro-v-locsin-
partners
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/
163097317.pdf

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