Post-disaster low-cost housing solutions - Rebuilding After Disasters: From Emergency to Sustainability - page 38

Figure 2.3 Formal and informal houses-in-progress. Top: Informal settlement
in Bogotá showing four different stages in the housing evolution
process: from a shack made of scrap wood to a three-storey unit made
of concrete and masonry. Bottom: One-storey units in El Cantarito.
Although higher densities were obtained by adopting the row-house
approach and infrastructure could be provided, a few months after
the project was finished, users had already modified the rigorously
standardized façades to personalize them with colours and finishes.