Incremental Housing Strategy

Dezeen Magazine has a great article detailing a couple of architects, Filipe Balestra and Sara Göransson, who have developed a strategy to morph informal slums into permanent urban districts through a process of gradual improvement to existing dwellings instead of demolition and rebuilding.

The idea is to build modular houses that can grow organically. By using simple a framework that can easily be added on and is inexpensive to create, the community can still grow without having to move or carve out more space in their already cramped urban environment.

The article talks about the architects’ previous efforts in the favelas of Brazil and goes into detail about the process and experience working in India. It gives an interesting glimpse into the lives of the very poor and their living conditions.