The Social Role of Flexible Architecture

Isabele Tavares de Andrade Ribeiro

Social Role, shelters, UPIK.

The present work focused on case studies about flexible architecture. As case studies, trailers and ephemeral structures of different profiles and applications were analyzed. Throughout the study, it is demonstrated that flexible structures can be solutions that are inserted as alternatives to the reality of homeless people and, thus, flexible architecture can have as a focus on shelter, whether for people in a state of vulnerability on the streets or to care for the homeless after natural disasters, which are increasingly frequent in different parts of the world, including Brazil.

Received: 30 Jun 2022, Received in revised form: 23 Jul 2022, Accepted: 29 July 2022, Available online: 06 Aug 2022

10.22161/ijaers.98.5