Housing Dignity

Housing Dignity – Field Trip and Design Studio documents an international teaching and research collaboration between TU Wien and seven Brazilian universities. Addressing Brazil’s housing crisis, the publication explores social housing programs, informal settlements, and community-led housing initiatives. Through field trips, research, and design projects, students and researchers develop proposals for climate-responsive, socially inclusive, and dignified housing. Drawing on Vienna’s long tradition of social housing while engaging with local knowledge and conditions, the publication presents diverse approaches to contemporary urban challenges across Brazilian cities.