Spatial design parameters for residential extensions: the case of Buru Buru estate in Nairobi, Kenya

Rukwaro, Robert; Kieti, Raphael

doi:10.1080/17452007.2018.1489212

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“…At present, the domestic theoretical and methodological research in the field of architectural planning is mostly based on the research of the United States and Japan [8]. e developing digital architectural design technology has certain advantages in adapting to the complex, changeable, and fast design environment under the existing social conditions, but it cannot replace the architect to think intelligently and make the thinking process of architectural design scientific and regular [9]. More is to rely on the aura of the mind to solve the problem.…”

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Intelligent Data Mining of Computer‐Aided Extension Residential Building Design Based on Algorithm Library

Gao

Zou

2021

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In recent years, with the development of construction industry, more scientific, systematic, fast, and intelligent calculation methods are needed to coordinate urban development and fierce market competition, and mathematical algorithm library plays an important role in artificial intelligence. Therefore, the author uses computer mathematical algorithm and extension theory to study and analyze the residential building design and intelligent data mining. It is found that the research of the computer-aided expression method of extension building planning is mainly the expression of the input and output system of extension building planning. It includes knowledge representation, system outline design, system flow, and interface expression based on the mathematical database.

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Intelligent Data Mining of Computer‐Aided Extension Residential Building Design Based on Algorithm Library

Gao

Zou

2021

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“…In public and/or social housing, the eventual users of the units are usually not present to plan with. Residents move into existing dwellings, and modify these by manipulating various elements during occupancy (Rukwaro and Kieti, 2019;Rapoport, 2005;Sousa and Quarter, 2004). This difficulty in understanding and eliciting the needs and requirements of users through direct briefing, unlike in bespoke designs, creates a gap in design knowledge described as the "user needs" gap (Wongbumru and Dewancker, 2016;Mohammadi, 2010;Heijs, 2005;Zeisel, 1984Zeisel, , 2006.…”

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Residential adaptations as users' tacit means of communicating spatial needs in housing design

Agyefi-Mensah

Kpamma

Hagan

2020

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Purpose Knowing and understanding the spatial needs of users is imperative for the design of livable and sustainable houses. However, the practical and theoretical difficulties associated with this, especially in social housing, create a shortfall in design knowledge known as user needs gap. To bridge this gap, design researchers over the years, have sought to provide feedback for design decision-making through post-occupancy evaluation studies using preferences and residential satisfaction as constructs. In view of their limitations, this study aims to explore residential adaptations as residents’ tacit means of communicating their spatial needs, and a pathway to understanding residents’ housing requirements. Design/methodology/approach The study was exploratory in nature and a case study by design using a convergent parallel design within the mixed methods tradition. Activity Theory as used as a conceptual framework. The study involved three strands of research as follows: estimation of the floor areas of the rooms and spaces of the case study designs using the International Standards Organisation intramuros method; a survey of households and their activities using questionnaires; and observation of residents’ adaptations captured photographs and drawings. In all, 43 households out of the 66 apartments in the two case designs were surveyed. Findings The study found that while the units were theoretically large, they were practically inadequate when average household sizes were taken into account in a space per person analysis. In response, particularly to sleeping requirements of children, residents make different forms of adaptations – normative, such as house sharing, compositional and organizational, as well as add-ins and add-ons including and illegal alterations. Originality/value The paper presents residential adaptations as an empirically grounded, contextually embedded and practically useful means of exploring and understanding users’ spatial needs in housing design. Residential adaptations provide a means through which residents communicate their housing needs, albeit tacitly – a means for self-expression, self-extension and self-determination. To theory, the study shows that residential adaptations can be useful as a construct for understanding residents’ spatial needs, though fuzzy. It also helps understand how the tensions in an activity system, may result from contradictions produced by the lurking effect of contextual factors. This makes contextual knowledge, particularly cultural knowledge, critical to the design.

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Informal extension of public housing estates in Nairobi – an appraisal of historical typologies and emergent spatial patterns

Oostrum

2023

Journal of Urban Design

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Spatial design parameters for residential extensions: the case of Buru Buru estate in Nairobi, Kenya

Cited by 3 publications

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Intelligent Data Mining of Computer‐Aided Extension Residential Building Design Based on Algorithm Library

Intelligent Data Mining of Computer‐Aided Extension Residential Building Design Based on Algorithm Library

Residential adaptations as users' tacit means of communicating spatial needs in housing design

Informal extension of public housing estates in Nairobi – an appraisal of historical typologies and emergent spatial patterns

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