"The Housing Development Agency (HDA) is a national public development agency established by an Act of Parliament (Act 23 of 2008). The HDA promotes sustainable communities by making well-located land and buildings available for the development of housing and human settlements. (http://www.thehda.co.za/content/page/who-we-are)
The video outlines principles of Open Building in practice, within the South African context. See highlights and points extracted below.
Video available from: https://youtu.be/u-InX1aY1Rk Or http://www.thehda.co.za/
Lessons learnt and key points:
There is value in informal contexts:
"This approach seeks not to eradicate informality, but rather to work with informal communities so that they can progressively improve their livelihoods and their housing environments" (Narrator)
Open Building principles in practice
Participation | Transformation | Levels of decision making | Increased agency | Distributed Control
Community engagement is a step in the design process
Phase 1 for the housing delivery is the actual engagement of community members within informal settlements.
Open Building is relevant to the South African context
"Informal Settlement Upgrading appears to hold the vital key towards improving our human environments across South Africa and ... across the developing world..." (Narrator)
Incremental phases of transforming and upgrading informal settlements;
"Informal upgrading doesn't happen overnight..." (Narrator)Phase 2: Implimenting vital interim services
Phase 3: Securing tenure rights
Phase 4: Implementing permanent infrastructure
Phase 5: Providing a variety of housing options.
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