Making a home out of a temporary dwelling

Making a home out of a temporary dwelling: a literature review and building transformation case studies

Overtoom, M.E. (TU Delft Indoor Environment; Hanzehogeschool Groningen)
Elsinga, M.G. (TU Delft OLD Housing Systems)
Oostra, Mieke (Hanzehogeschool Groningen)
Bluyssen, P.M. (TU Delft Indoor Environment)

2018

Temporary transformations of vacant buildings could alleviate the shortage of housing for urgent home seekers. However, not much is known about the transformation of buildings into temporary, adequate, and affordable housing. A multidisciplinary literature review covering design, indoor environmental quality, housing, and environmental psychology, was performed to determine if such an integrative approach could shed light on a new perspective to provide housing for ‘urgent home seekers’. Subsequently, building transformation case studies were compared with the literature review findings. It is concluded that there is a gap in knowledge on how the concept of ‘home’ can be added to existing regulations in order to design and realise temporary housing that fits the needs of urgent home seekers.

Indoor environmental quality
occupant comfort
environment and behaviour
adaptability

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:fe78b8aa-81d0-4c64-831a-c08deccfede5

https://doi.org/10.1080/17508975.2018.1468992

1756-6932

Intelligent Buildings International, 11 (2019) (1), 46-62

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© 2018 M.E. Overtoom, M.G. Elsinga, Mieke Oostra, P.M. Bluyssen