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Compared to the solutions up to now on building production, which relate to a high mass
production design to restrict costs losing the flexibility of dwelling or, conversely, to
custom solutions with time and cost of implementation and construction unsustainable in
today's society, temporary living arises as a feasible strategy design able to offer a
flexible and adaptable, over time and space, housing model.
Figures
Figure 1: City living: Territory size shows the proportion of all people living in urban areas in the
world, that live in that territory. By 2002 48% of people living in the world lived in urban areas. Many
people in every territory live in urban areas. Cfr.
Figure 2: Population 2050: this map shows the predicted distribution for the estimated world
population in 2050.By 2050 it is estimated that the earth's human population will be 9.07 billion.
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