Total housing : alternatives to urban sprawl

Necessity and investigation are prerequisites for the design of housing: social, environmental, and economic factors affect the architectural investigation of program, technology, and form.

Since the publication of Actar's first volume on housing, "Housing + Singular Housing, 2002," the continued emergence of architectonic tools has generated significant interaction between construction, surroundings, and inhabitant, while simultaneously addressing the complexities of an ever-changing context, shaped by interests outside of the discipline.

The discourse of contemporary housing demands a reassessment of the architect's role in the construction of territory, the management of natural resources, the reconfiguration of the city, and the treatment of the necessities of an increasingly diverse and dynamic society.