The balconies as an archetype of well-being: a critical literature review
Abstract
Purpose
The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the contradictions inherent to balconies. Despite the attention given to these architectural elements on that moment, there is a knowledge gap concerning the preferences and expectations of the inhabitants in relation to them. For this reason, this paper aims to conduct a critical literature review of the publications about the inhabitants’ perceptions of balconies in order to identify the most relevant criteria to consider during the design process.
Design/methodology/approach
The analysis was based on the post-occupancy evaluation (POE) criteria (technical, functional and behavioural).
Findings
The results highlighted the relevance of the behavioural criteria for the valorisation of the balconies by the inhabitants and presented indications to the research about these liminal spaces and the design practice of housing buildings.
Originality/value
According to the authors’ best knowledge, this study represents the more holistic study of the kind.
Keywords
Acknowledgements
The first author would like to acknowledge the support of FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, the funding of the Doctoral Grant PD/BD/135164/2017, through the Doctoral Programme EcoCoRe. This work was financially supported by: Base Funding - UIDB/04708/2020 with DOI 10.54499/UIDB/04708/2020 (https://doi.org/10.54499/UIDB/04708/2020) and Programmatic Funding - UIDP/04708/2020 with DOI 10.54499/UIDP/04708/2020 (https://doi.org/10.54499/UIDP/04708/2020) of the CONSTRUCT - Instituto de I&D em Estruturas e Construções - funded by national funds through the FCT/MCTES (PIDDAC).
Citation
Ribeiro, C., Flores-Colen, I., Valentim Lopes, N. and Ramos, N.M.M. (2024), "The balconies as an archetype of well-being: a critical literature review", Archnet-IJAR, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/ARCH-02-2024-0052
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2024, Emerald Publishing Limited