Through the senses: Design and acoustic environment in a shanty town.

Skewes, Juan C.; Gallardo, Francisco.; Quiroz, Daniel

Keywords: design, environment, city, poverty, periphery, irregular settlements

Abstract

Irregular settlers in the city find ways of hiding their residential facilities employing a labyrinthic design. Social life takes place inside the shantytowns without being noticed by visitors or people from the outside. Communication using signs provides a resource that only the residents can decode and therefore they provide shelter in circumstances where exterior conditions are threatening.

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Editorial: Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano
Fecha de publicación: 2009
Página de inicio: 105
Página final: 119
Idioma: Spanish