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An Affordable Proposal for an Urban Development in Mexico

Hueck, Tania LU (2020) ASBM01 20202
Department of Architecture and Built Environment
Abstract
Mexico will need to provide about 26 million housing units by 2030 and it is only through the understanding of the current situation and the awareness of the main challenges that affect the housing problems, that appropriate responses to the context can be proposed. By providing decent, secure and affordable housing, social problems can be reduced improving health and security, local economies can be boosted and developed, and community sense, identity and place can be formed.

The thesis project aims to understand affordable and social housing problems and explores the existing context of the site in the city of San Luis Potosi. Through the design of a series of goals and site-specific strategies, the final objective of the project is... (More)
Mexico will need to provide about 26 million housing units by 2030 and it is only through the understanding of the current situation and the awareness of the main challenges that affect the housing problems, that appropriate responses to the context can be proposed. By providing decent, secure and affordable housing, social problems can be reduced improving health and security, local economies can be boosted and developed, and community sense, identity and place can be formed.

The thesis project aims to understand affordable and social housing problems and explores the existing context of the site in the city of San Luis Potosi. Through the design of a series of goals and site-specific strategies, the final objective of the project is to deliver an urban development design that promotes healthy and sustainable living styles and erases social-economic differences forging one strong and united community. (Less)
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author
Hueck, Tania LU
supervisor
organization
course
ASBM01 20202
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Affordability, Social housing, Mexico, Sustainable Urban Design, Urban growth
language
English
id
9032972
date added to LUP
2020-12-18 10:45:39
date last changed
2020-12-18 10:45:39
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  abstract     = {{Mexico will need to provide about 26 million housing units by 2030 and it is only through the understanding of the current situation and the awareness of the main challenges that affect the housing problems, that appropriate responses to the context can be proposed. By providing decent, secure and affordable housing, social problems can be reduced improving health and security, local economies can be boosted and developed, and community sense, identity and place can be formed.

The thesis project aims to understand affordable and social housing problems and explores the existing context of the site in the city of San Luis Potosi. Through the design of a series of goals and site-specific strategies, the final objective of the project is to deliver an urban development design that promotes healthy and sustainable living styles and erases social-economic differences forging one strong and united community.}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{An Affordable Proposal for an Urban Development in Mexico}},
  year         = {{2020}},
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