HDM undertakes training and research in planning, design, production, use and management, and the relationship between the dwelling and its surroundings.
HDM aim is to understand how to improve the processes leading to good housing and sustainable development, especially for the poor. HDM conducts advanced international training for planners, architects, engineers and other professionals working with housing and construction. HDM staff conducts research and studies in the following main areas:
• Housing as a tool for poverty alleviation
• Organized self-help housing / User’s participation in housing processes
• Informal settlements development process
• Urban design / microclimate and outdoor thermal comfort,
• Increased residential densities and diversity / The compact city
• Building design / Climate, comfort, and energy use,
• Gender aspects in planning and design of housing and built environment,
• Risk management and reconstruction after natural disasters
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