Mass housing in Lisbon: sometimes it works

Pereira, Sandra Marques

doi:10.1007/s10901-016-9525-2

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“…The results indicate that every considered variable had an effect on FC-apartment or FC-estate at least once. High levels of overall residential satisfaction with apartments and estates have also been confirmed for other European LHEs (Herfert et al, 2012;Pereira, 2017). Our long-term data revealed a wave-like pattern of residential satisfaction and provides evidence for its fluid nature (Figure 1).…”

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confidence: 74%

“…The extremely high concentration of buildings in a single estate and the provision of a large number of apartments led to so-called "large housing estates". In some cases, LHEs were also labeled "mass housing" (Pereira, 2017;Rowlands et al, 2009). Other descriptions mainly used in Eastern Europe include "prefabricated panel housing estates" (K€ ahrik & Tammaru, 2010) and "high-rise panel housing estates" (Temelov a & Slez akov a, 2014).…”

Section: The Large Housing Estate Conceptmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The concentration of this group of residents lead to a social downgrading of parts of LHEs or entire estates, and the exclusion of marginalized social groups (Turkington et al, 2004, for an overview, see Rowlands et al, 2009). Many residents feel socially trapped in this environment (Musterd & van Kempen, 2007;Pereira, 2017). Besides this generally negative perspective, some studies provided evidence for multiple and differentiated development pathways of and within large housing estates (Rowlands et al, 2009).…”

Section: The Development Of Large Housing Estates In a European Compamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Measuring residential satisfaction over time: results from a unique long-term study of a large housing estate

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Although much knowledge and debates about residential satisfaction exist, there is little evidence regarding its fluid nature and its influencing factors. Therefore, we suggest an analytical framework to investigate the dynamics of residential satisfaction by using data from a unique long-term study. Many previous studies have generally examined residential satisfaction using cross-sectional data at one point in time. But long-term observations are indispensable for discovering changes and/or continuity over time. For our analysis we utilized data from a study that was carried out over four decades and involved ten questionnaires. The study looks at a large housing estate (LHE) in East Germany. Our results concerning satisfaction with the estate and the apartments show the continuously high impact of residential comfort and sound insulation, and the declining impact of apartment size. Beyond that, the results reflect the development of this estate and also exemplify the political turbulence that this housing segment faced in East Germany.

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“…We note first, that the majority of papers included in this review report results of research carried out in North America and Europe, where a large number of high-rise residential buildings were developed by the public sector after the Second World War in deprived areas (Verhaeghe et al, 2016). Secondly, from the 1970s, high-rise residential buildings in these continents became associated with a negative image (Pereira, 2017). Bearing these two facts in mind, it is plausible to hypothese that stigmatization might explain the negative social effects and, in turn, the mental illness associated with this type of house in the context of North America and Europe (Evans et al, 2003).…”

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Social consequences and mental health outcomes of living in high-rise residential buildings and the influence of planning, urban design and architectural decisions: A systematic review

Barros

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Garcia

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Different types of high-rise residential buildings have proliferated in different countries at least since the 1940s, for a range of reasons. This paper aims to provide an overview of the current state of evidence on how planning, urban design and architectural aspects of high-rise residential buildings may influence social well-being and mental health. A systematic review following the PRISMA guidelines was conducted. Searches for peer-reviewed papers were conducted in MEDLINE, Embase, PsycInfo, Scopus, SciELO, and Web of Science; 4,100 papers were assessed. 23 empirical studies published between 1971 and 2016 were included. The review found that house type, floor level, as well as spaces intrinsic to high-rise residential buildings (e.g. shared stairwells) are associated with social well-being and mental health. However, conceptual gaps and methodological inconsistencies still characterise most of the research in this field. We expect that research about and policy attention to this subject may intensify due to its strategic relevance in the face of global challenges such as increasing urbanization and loneliness. This paper concludes by highlighting a number of recommendations for future research.

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“…Portela is a high-rise housing complex with 5103 dwellings ( [9], pp. 27-29) and about 12,000 inhabitants ( [10], p. 518) located in Sacavém-Loures municipality, near Olivais Norte, the most modern of the Lisbon's neighbourhoods ( [11], p. 140). Thus, Portela is located on the outskirts of Lisbon, which, at the time, was a low-value location, despite the views of the Tagus River.…”

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Space Syntax with Logic Programming: An Application to a Modern Estate

Fernandes

2023

Urban Science

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Space syntax is a set of theories and techniques for analysing urban settlements and buildings. Here, we propose a new approach to perform syntactic analyses that requires only the declaration in a computer program of the connections between axial lines or convex spaces using Prolog, a logic programming language concerned with artificial intelligence. With this new tool, we found that the deep tree nature of modern estates can be mitigated with a concentric structure similar to the famous Bororo village. In fact, Portela, a high-rise settlement near Lisbon (Portugal), is structured around a central open space (green park) equipped with noninterchangeable facilities (mall, sports centre and church), which are highly synchronised with the surrounding buildings (towers and blocks). The transpatial relations between housing estates and the central zone are maximised either by a distributive ringy network or by a smart grid of pedestrian paths. The result is a compact and integrated settlement with a strong identity and sense of belonging. Nevertheless, this kind of concentric dual system is potentially unstable, a problem that was minimised by forcing a clear opposition with a popular neighbourhood at Portela’s vicinity. With this case study, we show how logic programming is a useful tool to describe the patterns of discrete systems as social knowables due to its declarative nature. In fact, a Prolog program represents a certain amount of knowledge, namely, concerned with the structure of an urban settlement (or building), which could be used to answer queries about the social and economic consequences of certain spatial designs.

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Mass housing in Lisbon: sometimes it works

Cited by 5 publications

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Measuring residential satisfaction over time: results from a unique long-term study of a large housing estate

Measuring residential satisfaction over time: results from a unique long-term study of a large housing estate

Social consequences and mental health outcomes of living in high-rise residential buildings and the influence of planning, urban design and architectural decisions: A systematic review

Space Syntax with Logic Programming: An Application to a Modern Estate

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