Architecture essays

What if they were I Reconsidering (social) houging in Bucharest

Principal author

Andra Raisa Parpala

Profession

Arhitect

Project description

Why would not an ensemble of social houses work in a central area of Bucharest? In terms of living, there cannot be a more important and present problem than that of social housing. My intention of studying this program emerges from the desire to understand the socio-economic mechanisms underlying the implementation of this program and the role the city can play in solving the problems that the necessity of social housing raises. If social housing is an institution where we place those individuals whose behavior is "outside the norm" based solely on a precarious economic situation, a heterotopia of deviation, the problem seems to be more deeply rooted in the collective subconscious. in what context do we ask ourselves about social housing and would it not be more honest to consider housing as a social one in general? In order to anchor this study in real life through empirical data, I will provide interviews with residents of the social housing district of Bucharest, "Odai".

Text description of the author

Graduated Architecture School of UAUIM Bucharest. For diploma project, she studies the social housing issue with the paper and project of the same name "Reconsidering (social) housing in Bucharest" (2017).

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