THE LIMITS OF RESILIENCE ON THE HOUSING SCALE

Abstract

The idea of limit can be found in the first definitions of resilience. Despite this, with the proliferation and evolution of definitions, the idea of limit is sometimes forgotten. Objectives of the article: i) Demonstrate the importance of setting a threshold for resilience; ii) Propose a new definition of resilience, to be applied primarily in the context of housing; iii) Propose a method to classify housing as resilient or non-resilient. To carry out such demonstration and propositions, a literature review was carried out. In this article, resilience is understood as the ability to change housing to meet new demands while keeping certain of its elements of the research [BER-HOME] - Resilience in the built environment in social housing: technologically advanced assessment methods, financed by CNPq; CNPq – PIBIC/PIBIC; CAPES; FAPEMIG – PIBIC, UFU. Preliminarily, the establishment of a limit proves to be important when evaluating the resilience of a house; contributes to bringing resilience closer to sustainability; Guides architects to seek solutions capable of increasing the capacity to absorb new demands.