[EN] Zvi Hecker (Krakow, 1931) is a Polish-Israeli architect and artist. After the Second World War years spent with his family in Samarkand where he first approached architecture by sketching monumental Islamic buildings, ...
[EN] Although the size of the houses has increased in recent years, the number of house users is decreasing. The decrease in the number of users has brought forth the concept of tiny houses which use less materials, less ...
García Almirall, Pilar; Cornadó, Còssima; Piasek, Gonzalo; Vima Grau, Sara(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2023-06-30)
[EN] This article presents the most widely used methodologies to measure, analyse and assess the state of the building stock and the life conditions of people living in vulnerable neighbourhoods, in an attempt to identify ...
Condotta, Massimiliano; Scanagatta, Chiara; Zatta, Elisa(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2023-06-30)
[EN] The European social housing stock, built since the early post-war period, now needs major energy, structural and functional upgrading. The owners, almost always public bodies, are therefore called upon to adapt these ...
De Medici, Stefania; Marchiano, Giulia; Pinto, Maria Rita(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2023-06-30)
[EN] Social housing is the outcome of policymaking aimed at guaranteeing adequate living conditions for disadvantaged social groups. In Italy, in the post-war reconstruction period, buildings designed by internationally ...