This paper is a longer version of a Building Better Homes Towns and Cities National Science Challenge think-piece commissioned from Unitec researcher Paola Trapani by the Building Research Association of New Zealand (BRANZ):
According to future projections based on current demographic growth trends, Auckland’s population will reach two million in 2033. Since the city is already afflicted by a serious housing crisis, at the beginning of 2017 the newly elected Mayor Phil Goff set up a task force. In response, this report explored the role that designers should play in this field. Its ideological position is that the house cannot and should not be considered as a commodity on the free market; nor should focus solely be on bringing down prices by increasing the number of houses on offer. Over time, housing might evolve to being more about social (use) value than exchange value. Read report
