Existing buildings or developments that demonstrate outstanding performance in improving the health, equity and/or resilience of people in local communities.
The project was developed to bring those living in informal settlements to a more urban environment within the city, closer to sources of employment, urban facilities, and public transportation. The success of this project created interest and increased efforts to promote sustainable and affordable housing in the urban context.
This project was the first of its kind to integrate ‘sustainability’ within its housing model, and the first pilot project approved under the new priority housing regulations in Guatemala City. The project was also one of the first to register in the pilot version for the local certification programme, ‘CASA Guatemala’, and the first project to achieve the certification. Guatemala GBC created the CASA Guatemala programme as a way to encourage and measure sustainable housing development. CASA Guatemala is applicable only to housing developments and is currently being very well received for priority housing projects.
Habitability and Comfort
Community and Connectivity
Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Change
Resource Efficiency and Circularity
Economic Accessibility
Certification:
CASA Guatemala
More information:
https://casagt.org/trasciende-la-parroquia/
https://casagt.org
http://www.fopavi.gob.gt/Documentos_en_Index/junio2020_ Politica_Vivienda_vf.pdf