Um olhar sobre a autoconstrução

Abstract

The study addresses housing production through self-construction, which is a widely adopted solution, characterized by the construction of the house itself. It presents a brief historical and economic overview seeking in these facts reasons for the current housing situation, the effects on the individual life of families and the effects on society as a whole. The work is based on the study of interviews with eight families located in the metropolitan region of Curitiba, and aims to characterize, the process adopted by those who build their own house, from the project until the work until its conclusion, highlighting the human and material resources. involved and the reasons for their choices. The conclusion shows that self-construction is characterized by the choice of construction process and materials that best suit the weather conditions, technological and financial resources available to the construction families. The interviews confirm the information found in the bibliographies consulted, recording the historical evolution and its social context. Families avail themselves of the most rudimentary building solutions without professional support, whether in choosing the materials, their application, their design or their construction process. The adopted process is characterized by the repetition of that adopted by ancestors, relatives and neighbors, with simple technology and methodology, making use of instruments and resources at their fingertips. Using available unskilled labor, your family and friends.