Making a home out of a temporary dwelling: a literature review and building transformation case studies

Abstract

Temporary transformations of vacant buildings could alleviate the shortage of housing for urgent home seekers. However, not much is known about the transformation of buildings into temporary, adequate, and affordable housing. A multidisciplinary literature review covering design, indoor environmental quality, housing, and environmental psychology, was performed to determine if such an integrative approach could shed light on a new perspective to provide housing for 'urgent home seekers'. Subsequently, building transformation case studies were compared with the literature review findings. It is concluded that there is a gap in knowledge on how the concept of 'home' can be added to existing regulations in order to design and realise temporary housing that fits the needs of urgent home seekers.

Defining Domestic Environmental Experience for Occupants’ Mental Health and Wellbeing

“…Phenomenon and Perception [11], [12], [19], [22], [41], [44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51], [53][54][55], [62], [63][64][65][66][67][68][69][70][71][72][73][74][75][76] Consciousness, Imagination, Spiritual [14], [15], [22], [57], [61], [64], [73], [76], [77] Human Experience and Perception [11], [15], [17], [19], [26], [37], [53], [60], [65][66][67]…”

“…Mental Health and Wellbeing [12], [21], [22], [52][53][54][55][56], [61][62][63], [72][73][74][75] Wellbeing and Environmental Design [47], [54][55][56][57][58][59][60], [65][66][67][68][69][70][71][72][73][74][75][76][77][78] Emotions, Feelings and Moods [15], [51], [57], [61], [62], [76], [79][80][81][82][83][84][85][86] Product User Experience User Experience Design…”

“…Residential satisfaction for occupants' quality of life is important and the arrangement of indoor spaces can change human emotions, feelings and moods [64]. These human factors strengthen the occupants' psychological immune systems that affect their health and wellbeing [12,22,65,66]. Occupants use their living spaces in different ways and their perception to the environment may differ from one another [67,68].…”