Open-Source Social Housing Architecture: Wikihouse “Sr. Manoel”

Open-Source Social Housing Architecture: Wikihouse “Sr. Manoel”

Rocha, Bruno Massara; Alvarenga, Augusto; Bolssoni, Gabriela

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This is the first Wikihouse project to be built in a vulnerable community in Brazil. Brazil is a country with a large housing deficit concentrated in large metropolitan regions. The work is the result of an initiative to address part of this demand using the Wikihouse open-source system. The project was developed using the Design Science Research methodology in three stages: conception, prototyping and production of an experiential module on a 1:1 scale. The results demonstrated the need to develop a better structured design ecology to make the Wikihouse system viable in the Brazilian context. This design ecology concerns an integrated network of services that includes project development centers, prototyping spaces, mini-factories for production, pre-assembly and batch organization environments, logistics services, human resource management teams and integration with the community, in addition to registration, documentation and communication.

This is the first Wikihouse project to be built in a vulnerable community in Brazil. Brazil is a country with a large housing deficit concentrated in large metropolitan regions. The work is the result of an initiative to address part of this demand using the Wikihouse open-source system. The project was developed using the Design Science Research methodology in three stages: conception, prototyping and production of an experiential module on a 1:1 scale. The results demonstrated the need to develop a better structured design ecology to make the Wikihouse system viable in the Brazilian context. This design ecology concerns an integrated network of services that includes project development centers, prototyping spaces, mini-factories for production, pre-assembly and batch organization environments, logistics services, human resource management teams and integration with the community, in addition to registration, documentation and communication.

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DOI: 10.5151/sigradi2021-49

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Rocha, Bruno Massara; Alvarenga, Augusto; Bolssoni, Gabriela; "Open-Source Social Housing Architecture: Wikihouse “Sr. Manoel”", p-91-102. In: XXV International Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics. São Paulo: Blucher, 2021.
ISSN 23186968, DOI 10.5151/sigradi2021-49