Elemental : manual de vivienda incremental y diseño participativo = incremental housing and participatory design manual / Alejandro Aravena, Andrés Iacobelli.

On the occasion of the 13th Architecture Biennale Venice, August 29 - November 25, 2012.

Elemental timeline -- What´s the point?: The problem of social housing in a few words : Half a good house [does not equal] one small house ; Housing as investment and not as mere social expense -- Principles of elemental : The relevance of the housing problem ; Origins and fundamentals ; What is elemental? -- Framework: constraints and the rules of the game : Housing policy until 2001 ; The existing offer: three typologies ; Housing policy 2001-2008 -- Elemental´s first case: Quinta Monroy in Iquique : Assignment: X = 100f x US ,500 x 30 mp2s / 0.5 ha ; What was available in the market? ; Elemental´s proposal ; The architectural project ; The project´s socialization ; The proposal´s construction ; The occupancy of the houses ; Eighteen months later ... ; Value increases -- Elemental´s worldwide architectural competition : When proving the point is not enough ; The equation to be solved ; The results -- The 7 winning projects : Elemental Antofagasta ; Elemental Copiapó ; Elemental Valparaíso ; Elemental Renca ; Elemental Chiguayante ; Elemental Temuco ; Elemental Valdivia ; Progress diagrams -- New projects : New rules of the game: the 2005 housing policy ; New projects -- Socialization lessons: recommendations for a participatory design : Phase A: Design ; Phase B: Bidding ; Phase C: Construction ; Phase D: Habitation -- Structural lessons : Structure for the final scenario (not just the initial one) ; Prefabrication and seismic isolation -- Architectural lessons: design manual for housing´s financial appreciation : Good location within the city ; Harmonious growth over time ; Collective space for the extended family ; Building the difficult half of the house first ; Middle-class DNA.

Texto en Español e Inglés.