Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Meeting the Social Housing Need in Athens: The Reuse of Vacant and Abandoned Buildings
The aim of this research is to raise for discussion the reuse of vacant or abandoned urban buildings as a solution to the problem of social housing in large cities, in which high-cost projects, in terms of materials and maintenance, are usually designed and implemented. By applying their skills to vacant buildings, design professionals, educators and researchers worldwide can contribute to solving the ubiquitous housing shortage problem. The focus of this research is Athens, the capital of Greece, where there is an urgent need for housing and therefore for design of residential buildings, resulting to the property price constant rising. Access to safe, decent, affordable and sustainable housing conditions, which is a fundamental human right recognized by the United Nations in the 17 UN SDGs, has been adopted not only in Athens, but also throughout Greece. Moreover, after several records, the vacant or abandoned urban building stock status in Athens, especially small properties, is considered to be large enough that the idea of reusing empty or abandoned buildings as residential domiciles would prove to be an optimal solution. Therefore, the reconstructions of vacant or abandoned urban buildings in Athens by professional urban planners, through integrated plans of urban interventions in the building stock (private and public), would contribute not only to the infrastructure and service development but also to the improvement and sustainable environmental upgrading of the public space.
Meeting the Social Housing Need in Athens: The Reuse of Vacant and Abandoned Buildings
The aim of this research is to raise for discussion the reuse of vacant or abandoned urban buildings as a solution to the problem of social housing in large cities, in which high-cost projects, in terms of materials and maintenance, are usually designed and implemented. By applying their skills to vacant buildings, design professionals, educators and researchers worldwide can contribute to solving the ubiquitous housing shortage problem. The focus of this research is Athens, the capital of Greece, where there is an urgent need for housing and therefore for design of residential buildings, resulting to the property price constant rising. Access to safe, decent, affordable and sustainable housing conditions, which is a fundamental human right recognized by the United Nations in the 17 UN SDGs, has been adopted not only in Athens, but also throughout Greece. Moreover, after several records, the vacant or abandoned urban building stock status in Athens, especially small properties, is considered to be large enough that the idea of reusing empty or abandoned buildings as residential domiciles would prove to be an optimal solution. Therefore, the reconstructions of vacant or abandoned urban buildings in Athens by professional urban planners, through integrated plans of urban interventions in the building stock (private and public), would contribute not only to the infrastructure and service development but also to the improvement and sustainable environmental upgrading of the public space.
Meeting the Social Housing Need in Athens: The Reuse of Vacant and Abandoned Buildings
Sustainable Development Goals Series
Rubbo, Anna (Herausgeber:in) / Du, Juan (Herausgeber:in) / Thomsen, Mette Ramsgaard (Herausgeber:in) / Tamke, Martin (Herausgeber:in) / Cheirchanteri, Georgia (Autor:in)
World Congress of Architects ; 2023 ; Copenhagen, Denmark
20.09.2023
12 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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