THE MINIMUM CELL - Family and households in new housing proposals

This study tries to reflect upon dwellers that will take part in recent and future housing proposals through new experiments under spatial and formal offers. It is supported upon a reflection based in the so-called social housing that have been proposed mainly since the beginning of the 20th century, without ignoring the philanthropic experiments that were tried since the beginning of the industrial revolution. From them aroused the questions of idealization or observation of the dwellers: in the first case through a conception of an idealistic family or household who would lead to a better society; in the second case, the attempt to respond to the existing dweller creating a proposal to better respond immediate needs for shelter and to identify himself with his own house. Throughout past and present experiments, it will be offered the opportunity to prepare, rather than predict, our responses to future challenges in housing