Research on the Characteristics and Evolution of Residential Morphology of Urban Villages in Shenzhen Under the Informal Housing Market

This article studies the phenomena of urban villages against the background of an informal housing market, and provides analysis of the characteristics and mechanisms responsible for its formation during different stages in its evolution, including the strategies and policies that affect urban villages, such as the Planning Layout of Industry Districts and the Affordable Housing Policy in Shenzhen. Lastly, the article examines how it enables a possible development tendency for the future residential morphology of urban villages in Shenzhen.

Nature and Operation of Kost Private Rental Housing in Urban Settlement Development of Jakarta, Indonesia

As one type of the highly sought after housing facilities in Indonesia, Kosts have formed unique heterogeneous living environment while also been a part of fast growing urban settlement developments in Indonesia＇s capital, Jakarta. This paper investigates the nature and operation of Kost private rental housing developed with various conditions and arrangements, as well as its position among other dwelling types, based on on-site investigations, literature reviews and statistical analyses. It is necessary to understand the development of Kost as it shows potentials to overcome the lack of affordable and adequate housing in the country. An accurate checking process during the application of building permit may early identify Kosts. Undefined standard of operation and arrangement may hinder improvement opportunities to its quality of services. Efforts to educate the community and easy access to related regulations are necessary for improvement and compliance awareness. Moreover, increased collaborative design and public education may improve the knowledge of self-builders on building design, planning and construction. Associations of self-organized housing and platforms offering affordable design services that meet the guidelines and standards are promising ootions.

Conflicts in passive building performance:Retrofit and regulation of informal neighbourhoods

Urbanization growth in developing countries raises concerns regarding these countries’ability to consider slums,underdeveloped communities,and neighbourhoods in economic,health,and climatic goals.This research proposes a methodology that integrates algorithmic design and analysis strategies to define,study,and measure key parameters that affect the rehabilitation of these areas.Construction scenarios and design dimensions are analysed to establish design and comfort thresholds,and alternatives are simulated and tested to identify possible improvements.The methodology includes an optimisation step integrated in the workflow that maximizes thermal comfort,minimizes costs,and ensures fairness in the rehabilitation of large sets of buildings.This step identifies improvements in thermal comfort for different construction scenarios from which a two-staged rehabilitation plan is defined.The first stage comprises a sensitivity analysis to identify building materials regarding their improvement and cost of application,and the second defines the most suitable construction scenarios considering the results from the optimisation process for each building.Additionally,we research and document guidelines regarding the parameters tested for building design,revealing the existing conflicts between performance objectives,and the architect’s role in their prioritization.