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Main author
Name Julia King, Doctorate
University London Metropolitan University, London
Study direction Architecture of Rapid Change and Scarce Resources
Supervisors Maurice Mitchell, Peter Carl
City, country London, United Kingdom
Further author(s)
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y – Progress This project is the basis for my PhD, entitled “Incremental Innovation and transferability – Progress
Cities”, which I began in October 2010 at the Faculty of Ar-
ambition to take good practice At the core of this project is an ambition to take good practice
chitecture and Spatial Design at London Metropolitan Uni-
ect is driven by participatory and make it culture. The project is driven by participatory
versity within the research area: architecture for rapid change
mmunity to have ownership processes that enable the community to have ownership
inate the technology andand scarce resources. The research looks at sharing and
best over the project and to disseminate the technology and best
building technology for low income housing in regularized
ner/architect acts as interme- practice guidelines. The designer/architect acts as interme-
world of engineering and settlements
the - investigating the relationship between incre- diary between the technical world of engineering and the
that NGOs are so goodmental
at. The growth and community and neighborly sharing people-orientated approaches that NGOs are so good at. The
and identifying the advantages and disadvantages of such
engage with the community project serves as a catalyst to engage with the community
ation exchange which incremental
in turn construction. From this research I have initiated and create centers for information exchange which in turn
a decentralized sanitation building project within Savda
elihood schemes. This project will develop a platform for livelihood schemes. This project
Ghewra, a resettlement colony on the western fridge of
nt which currently is formed investigates how a settlement which currently is formed
hing can come together Delhi.
and by individuals who share nothing can come together and
ovide an extensive sanitation Incremental housing typologies.
This is the project I am presenting for the Holcim Awards cost-share, and out of this provide an extensive sanitation Incremental housing typologies.
and then
miliar physical fabric with its begin tendering the construction. In addition we gery which maintains the familiar physical fabric with its
are engaging with the help of legal practitioners and other
ilst at the same time bringing invaluable cultural capital whilst at the same time bringing
clean water and internallocal NGOs to open discussions with the Municipal Corpora-
sani- the emancipatory benefits of clean water and internal sani-
tion to
ofmake the current bylaws more specifically “pro-poor”.
Next Generation 3rd 2011 Asia Pacific
ions such as the clustering tation. Certain aesthetic decisions such as the clustering of
ed piping are also best practice piping, rails for wires and shared piping are also best practice
ess. which drives the design process.