Sustainable and Affordable Prefabricated Construction: Developing a Natural, Recycled, and Recyclable Mobile Home

Carlo Berizzi, Salvatore Nirta, Gaia Nerea Terlicher and Luca Trabattoni
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Carlo Berizzi: Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy
Salvatore Nirta: Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy
Gaia Nerea Terlicher: Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy
Luca Trabattoni: Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Opole University of Technology, 45-758 Opole, Poland

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 15, 1-16

Abstract: Outdoor tourism is a form of outdoor holiday that is growing rapidly today, and that stands out from other forms of tourism for its immediate relationship with the landscape which becomes for the tourist the main attraction of the holiday intended as a break from ordinary urban life. Outdoor tourism today represents a growing percentage in the tourism sector, in which mobile homes are the real players. Despite the considerable use of this product in open-air accommodations located in relevant landscapes, there is still no sensitivity in the constructive approach and in the choice of materials in terms of sustainability. In the open-air tourism sector, the lack of ecological sensitivity results from two levels of application: one regarding the whole settlement and the public spaces of outdoor accommodations and one regarding the mobile unit from the design to the production process. This paper will provide some practical strategies to introduce the ecological theme in the mobile home for the tourism sector. The research aims to analyze the production system of mobile homes in order to introduce alternative materials within the existing assembly line. The research demonstrates the possibility of a product being sustainable both economically and environmentally, healthy, and well-integrated with landscape by adopting an approach that makes it possible to use the same assembly line currently in use.

Keywords: sustainability; outdoor tourism; mobile home; ecology; prototype (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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