David O'Brien

Incremental Pathways of Post-Disaster Housing Self-Recovery in Villa Verde, Chile

Sandra Carrasco, David O’Brien

Journal article  |  2022  |  Architecture

Housing reconstruction is considered the backbone of disaster recovery. The increasing losses in housing due to disasters challeng..

Re-thinking Elemental’s incremental housing: Residential Satisfaction and resident-driven adaptations in Villa Verde, Chile

S Carrasco, D O’Brien

Journal article  |  2022  |  Urbe

The Elemental architecture studio designed Villa Verde, one of the world’s most iconic incremental housing projects. Villa Verde w..

On Country –Off Country: Web Based Engagement with Indigenous Communities

David O'Brien

Journal article  |  2021  |  Design and Technology Education: an International Journal

Australia’s first nation people have suffered deep loss stemming from the colonisation of their lands and restrictions on cultural..

Contested incrementalism: Elemental's Quinta Monroy settlement fifteen years on

David O'Brien, Sandra Carrasco

Journal article  |  2021  |  FRONTIERS OF ARCHITECTURAL RESEARCH

Quinta Monroy is an award-winning co-designed settlement for 93 families on half a hectare of land at Iquique in northern Chile. N..

Beyond the freedom to build: Long-term outcomes of Elemental’s incremental housing in Quinta Monroy Além da liberdade de construção: resultados de longo prazo da moradia incremental da Elemental na Quinta Monroy

Sandra Carrasco Mansilla, David O'Brien

Journal article  |  2021  |  Urbe : Revista Brasileira de Gestão Urbana

In 2003, the Chilean architecture firm Elemental began to revisit the idea of partially completed housing harnessing the productiv..

Incremental housing in Villa Verde, Chile: A view through the Sendai Framework lens

David O'Brien, Sandra Carrasco

Book Chapter  |  2021

The development of the Villa Verde settlement in Chile coincided with the 2010 earthquake and tsunami that devastated the city of ..

Incremental housing in Villa Verde, Chile: A view through the Sendai Framework lens

David O'Brien, Sandra Carrasco

Book Chapter  |  2021

The development of the Villa Verde settlement in Chile coincided with the 2010 earthquake and tsunami that devastated the city of ..

Beyond the freedom to build: Long-term outcomes of Elemental's incremental housing in Quinta Monroy

Sandra Carrasco, David O'Brien

Journal article  |  2021  |  URBE-REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE GESTAO URBANA

In 2003, the Chilean architecture firm Elemental began to revisit the idea of partially completed housing harnessing the productiv..

Revisit Quinta Monroy

Sandra Carrasco, David O'Brien

Journal article  |  2020  |  ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW

Despite the lofty ambitions of Elemental, in giving agency to the residents, the aspirations for Quinta Monroy failed to appreciat..

Incremental housing: harnessing informality at Villa Verde

David O'Brien, Sandra Carrasco, Kim Dovey

Journal article  |  2020  |  ARCHNET-IJAR INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURAL RESEARCH

Purpose: This paper analyses the incremental housing process developed at Villa Verde, a housing project designed by the Chilean a..