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Jacoby, S. & Özer, S. (Eds.). (2024). Housing Norms and Standards: The Design of Everyday Life [special issue], Urban Planning, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.17645/up.i316
Alonso Aranda, L. (2024). The Influence of Space Standards on Housing Typologies: The Evolution of the Nuclear Family Dwelling in England. Urban Planning, 9, Article 7758. https://doi.org/10.17645/up.7758
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Özer, S. & Jacoby, S. (2023). Space standards in affordable housing in England. Building Research & Information, 52(6), 611–626. https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2023.2253337
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Opinion piece by S Jacoby in El Punt Avui (27.2.2025), Per uns estàndards d’habitatge més justos [For fairer housing standards]
Interviews with A Arancibia by radioarcada (16.10.2024) and Radio Duna, Santiagoadicto (24.10.2024).
Housing Standardisation
15 April to 20 June 2025
Institut Metropolità de Promoció del Sòl i Gestió Patrimonial
Vestíbul Edifici A, Carrer Número 62, Zona Franca, 08040 Barcelona, Spain
Housing Standardisation
11 February to 30 March 2025
Centre Obert d’Arquitectura, Col·legi d'Arquitectes de Catalunya
Plaça Nova 5, 08002 Barcelona, Spain
Housing Standardisation: Who Designs Our Homes and How Do We Live?
14 November 2024 to 31 January 2025
The Building Centre
26 Store Street, London WC1E 7BT, UK
Vivienda Asequible: Modelos Internacionales, Estandarización del Diseño y Experiencias Cotidianas
16–26 October 2024
Galería AOA, Asociación de Oficinas de Arquitectos
Juan de Dios Vial Correa 1351, Providencia, Santiago de Chile
The Future of Housing Standards
15th March 2024
The Barbican, London
organised in collaboration with the Architecture Foundation
Participants: Lucia Alonso and Dr Seyithan Özer (Royal College of Art), David Stronge (Design Director, Peabody), Jane Briginshaw (Director, Design England), Prof Flora Samuel (University of Cambridge), Dr Dhruv Sookhoo (Manchester School of Architecture), Dr Beth Stratford (economist; London Renters Union), Tina John (Senior Architectural Design Manager, Pocket Living), Levent Kerimol (Director, Community Led Housing London), Prof Peter Bishop (University College London), Prof Sam Jacoby (Royal College of Art), Dr Alvaro Arancibia (Principal, Alvaro Arancibia Arquitecto, Chile), Dr Jennifer Duyne Barenstein (Executive Director, ETH CASE, Switzerland), Denise Koeleveld (Architect, Ymere, the Netherlands), Josep Maria Borell (Technical Coordinator, IMPSOL/AMB, Spain), Dr Adrian Lahoud (Dean, School of Architecture, Royal College of Art).
The Present and Future of Housing Standards in Chile
7th November 2023
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago
Participants: Ricardo Carvajal (Ministerio de Vivienda y Urbanismo), Prof Sam Jacoby (Royal College of Art), Lucía Alonso (Royal College of Art) and Consuelo Albornoz (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), Mario Grandón and José Astaburuaga (Gevecon), Juan Pablo Urrutia (Universidad De Chile), Pablo Jordán (Director, Asociación de Oficinas de Arquitectos), Alvaro Arancibia (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), Pablo Guzmán (Ministerio de Vivienda y Urbanismo), Francisco Izquierdo (Francisco Izquierdo Architects), Gabriel Lagos and Patricio Bravo (Consolida), Francisco Vergara (Francisco Vergara Architects), Cristian Castillo (Alpinku Architects – Maestranza Neighborhood), Magdalena Besomi (EB Architects), José Di Girolamo (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
Housing Standardisation: A Discussion of Catalan Public Housing at the Centre Obert d’Arquitectura, Barcelona, 13th March 2025
Participants: Carme Ribas (Deputy Director, Consorci del Besòs), Amadeu Iglesias (Managing Direct, IMPSOL), Joan Ramon Riera (Head of the Housing Commissioner's Office, Barcelona City Council), Jordi Salvat (Director of Housing and Building), Isidre Bautista (Councillor for Urban Planning, Projects, and Public Works, Sant Vicenç dels Horts), Xavier Vilajoana (President, Association of Property Developers and Builders of Catalonia (APCE)), Lali Daví (Coordinator, La Dinamo), Anna Puigjaner (MAIO), and Sam Jacoby (RCA).
Housing Standardisation: A Discussion of Catalan Public Housing at the Centre Obert d’Arquitectura, Barcelona, 25th February 2025
Participants: Raúl Avilla (Mutu Cooperativa), Josep Ma Borrell (Technical Coordinator, IMPSOL), Juan Carlos Melero (Technical Director, IMHAB), Carles Mas (Project coordinator, INCASOL), Maite Ruf (Head of the Territory Services Area, Sant Vicenç dels Horts City Council), Joanna Brunello (resident, B2 building in Gavà), Aixa del Rey (Flexo Arquitectura), and Lucía Alonso (RCA).
Housing Standardisation Exhibition Finissage at the Building Centre, London, 29th January 2025.
Participants: Alex Ely (Founding Director, Mae Architects), Mellis Haward (Director, Archio Architects), Elanor Warwick (Head of Strategic Policy and Research, Clarion Housing Group), Rupesh Varsani (Development Director, Berkeley Group), Esther Kurland (Director, Urban Design London), Rachel Hutchison (Senior Programme Manager, Place & Infrastructure, Design Council Homes Taskforce), Mark Tuff (Partner, Sergison Bates), Matthew Blunderfield (The Architecture Foundation).
Housing Standardisation Roundtable at the Building Centre, London, 21st January 2025.
Participants: Kyle Buchanan (Director, Archio Architects), Susan May (Head of Housing Design, Urban Design London), Andrej Mećava (Principal Urban Design Officer, Hounslow Council), Amanda Rashid (Principal Urban Designer, Hounslow Council), David Stronge (Design Director, Peabody), Emily Greeves (Director, Emily Greeves Architects), Sam Jacoby (Professor of Architectural and Urban Design Research, Royal College of Art), Lucia Alonso (Royal College of Art).
Vivienda Asequible Roundtable at the Asociación de Oficinas de Arquitectos, Santiago de Chile, 21st January 2025.
Participants: Isabel Brain (Head of Planning Department, Santiago Regional Government), Luis Izquierdo (Izquierdo, Lehmann Arquitectos), Luis Eduardo Bresciani (Director School of Architecture, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile), Pablo Jordán (Director, Asociación de Oficinas de Arquitectos).
Jacoby, S. & Alonso, L. (2024, 21–23 November). Moving Bodies and Space Standards [conference presentation]. Architectural Humanities Research Association 21st International Conference, 'Body Matters', Norwich University of the Arts.
Albornoz Marambio, C. (2024, 26–30 August) Space Standards and Lived Experience in Chilean Housing [conference presentation]. ENHR International Research Conference 2024,'Making Housing Systems Work: Evidence and Solutions', Delft University of Technology.
Özer, S. & Jacoby, S. (2023, 29–31 March). Space Standards in New Affordable Housing in England [conference presentation]. Housing Studies Association Annual Conference 2023, 'Futures of Housing Justice', University of Sheffield.