• Urban planning for sustainable communities
  • Urban housing design by the Educandos Igarape, in Manaus, AM

    ABSTRACT: Housing problems in Brazil are complex and widely recognized, requiring a direct focus on cities and especially the metropolitan area, where disarticulated processes of occupation reflect socioeconomic inequality and relate to with environmental and human challenges on urban space. Housing design cannot be limited to the housing unit itself: it ought to consider the resident’s needs, culture and […]