Sustainable Affordable Housing through Mass Customization

Sustainable Affordable Housing through Mass Customization: An Early Stage Design Approach

Abstract

With the cost of both energy and housing constantly increasing, people around the world are unable to find adequate and appropriate housing solutions. In order to give answers from a circular economy perspective, a bottom up approach is needed. The concept of sustainable housing affordability is introduced and implemented by mass customization strategies in the field of design and architecture; integrating the social, economic and environmental capital, specifically in the early design process. The research focuses on performance criteria for energy and resource efficiency, through two experimental digital platforms; potentially reducing the life cycle cost, influencing the resources flux, and consequently increasing the affordability in the housing industry in the economic and environmental area.

Keywords— Sustainable, Housing affordability, Performance, Mass Customization, Adaptability, Design, Life cycle, Resources flux.

Workflow

Framework

87.46 million people in the EU living in poor quality dwellings

“Housing should be seen as a human right, not a commodity.” -Leilani Farha

Global Trends

Housing affordability Needs

Solution Implementation / Opportunities for the research

Housing affordability Strategies

MC Current State

Mapping mass customization

Evolution of Mass Customization

Defining User Models

Building Life Cycle

Benefits

References

Adaptability performance / Industry

Systems that helps users make informed design decisions on the conceptualization phase

Critical Statement

The implementation of mass customization strategies can improve housing affordability, through a digital design platform integrating the social, economic and environmental capital

Interest