Option One: A Model of Participatory Design to Construct a Rural Social Housing From Digital Fabrication

Abstract

Option one is the first prototype in the process of construction, based on the application of integrated processes of digital fabrication: This methodology was developed through a research project which explores options of rural public housing. The design process is integrated with other variables such as: participative design, directed self-build and the integration of tangible and intangible aspects. Parametric modeling was used as a strategy to create an integrated process of design, production and assembly based on a code created in grasshopper. Once finished, the housing unit will be handed over to a rural family. This will allow for doing follow-up and evaluation.