Co-residence Strategies. Informal Housing Typologies for Extended Families / Estrategias de co-residencia (2ed)

Co-residence Strategies. Informal Housing Typologies for Extended Families | The housing deficit in Chile has been on the rise, driven mainly by the explosive growth of families living as allegados (doubled up, multiple occupancy, etc.) in areas close to urban opportunities. Is the allegamiento a problem or a different way of conceiving the home? The research that gives rise to this book finds that most families living in peri-central areas of Santiago, Chile, prefer to remain as allegados despite living with low habitability. Choosing to live together means that inhabitants must modify their dwellings to adapt them to the needs generated by the expansion of the family, emerging diverse architectural strategies, which help us to understand how different family nuclei live in co-residence to continue residing in well-located areas and take advantage of the benefits of family group daily care.

This publication has impacted Chilean housing policy, redefining what was previously understood as allegamiento and contributing to developing micro radicación housing programs. This second revised edition’s scope is reinforced by including a Spanish and an English version and a completely renewed graphic design.

Publication date / Fecha publicación: Marzo 2025 (2ª edición revisada y traducida)
Size / Formato: 12 x 16 cm / 176 páginas (español) + 176 páginas (inglés) / Impreso
ISBN: 978-956-9862-22-9

Research team: 
Principal Investigator / Investigador responsable: Juan Pablo Urrutia Muñoz
Co-investigators / Co-investigadores: Camilo Arriagada Luco y Alberto Texidó Zlatar
Research Assistants/ Asistentes de investigación: Catalina Jiménez y Camila Jiménez
Editorial Assistants/ Asistentes editoriales : Michelle Cáceres Ledesma, Catalina Jiménez, Connie Moreira y Tatiana Bravo
Collaborator/ Colaborador: Martín Álvarez

Editorial team (2nd edition):
Editors / Edición: Christian Fierro Corral, Paula Sagristá Hernández y Beatriz Coeffé Boitano
Editorial Design/ Diseño editorial: Trinidad Tamayo Marambio
Collaborator / Colaborador: Natanael Araya Gallardo
Translation/ Traducción: Danitza Aragón Varas
Proofreading / Revisión de textos: Francisco Cardemil Pérez

Peer reviewers / Revisión por pares: Mabel Alarcón y Camillo Boano