Analysis of sustainable collective housing in Jijel, Algeria: evaluation of resident satisfaction

Mehibel, Mia and Pitts, Adrian (2017) Analysis of sustainable collective housing in Jijel, Algeria: evaluation of resident satisfaction. In: PLEA 2017, 3rd-5th July, 2017, Edinburgh, UK.

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Abstract

Worldwide, 40-percent of all energy used is consumed in the buildings sector. In this context, most developed countries have orientated their research and design to encourage energy efficient or green buildings; however comparable sustainable architecture is still in its early stages of exploitation in many developing countries. There are many pressures that can reduce emphasis on sustainable design in developing countries; for instance over one billion people worldwide still lack adequate shelter and suffer poverty, and Algeria is one example facing a pressing housing shortage. The socialist government that came to power after Algerian independence in 1962, considered this problem to be the major issue and this resulted in the initiation of major building programmes for social multi storey housing estates. This research described in this paper reports on the quantitative and qualitative analysis of collective contemporary houses built in the city of Jijel. Detailed questionnaires were used with 30 residents in Jijel. The results showed that residents were more concerned with space issues while thermal comfort was neglected. Another interesting finding was that most of the interviewed residents would prefer to participate in the design of their houses; a process that would enable them to improve space and thermal comfort.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography T Technology > TH Building construction
Schools:	School of Art, Design and Architecture School of Art, Design and Architecture > Centre for Urban Design, Architecture and Sustainability
Related URLs:	Author Conference
Depositing User:	Adrian Pitts
Date Deposited:	21 Jul 2017 12:41
Last Modified:	26 Mar 2018 17:16
URI:	http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/32410

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