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Habitability in northern housing design

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

William M. Smith  and
Tom Barchacky
William M. Smith
Affiliation:
Regional Analysis, University of Wisconsin—Green Bay, Green Bay Wisconsin 54301, USA
Tom Barchacky
Affiliation:
1021 Aphrodite Road, Green Bay, Wisconsin 54301USA
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Abstract

During the height of Alaska oil pipeline construction there was a critical need for all types of housing in Fairbanks, Alaska. Eight architects practising in that city were asked (1) what design criteria they considered for housing habitability, (2) what habitability criteria they considered when siting a structure, (3) how they designed for individual privacy and (4) whether they conducted post-occupancy evaluations of their projects. The results clearly show that little attention is given to habitability in high latitudes. Several factors that would help to accomplish this are considered

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Polar Record , Volume 27 , Issue 160 , January 1991 , pp. 39 - 42
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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