Residential building stock characterization of Mosquera (Colombia): from urban level to construction assemblies

Abstract

In Colombia, demographic growth and the population's migration from rural to metropolitan areas in recent years have meant that urban areas have to be constantly adapting in order to meet their inhabitants’ needs. This adaptation has led to a social stratification of the population, which has resulted in a differentiation of the characteristics of the residential building stock in each of these strata. The objective of this study is to characterise the existing residential stock of the municipality of Mosquera (Colombia) at the urban and building levels and at the detailed level of the buildings and dwellings' construction assemblies. For this, the following steps were proposed: to identify the buildings according to the regulations; to characterize the buildings' typology according to their morphology (multi-family or single-family), year of construction, number of floors, and other factors; and to identify the most common construction assemblies of façades, roofs, structure, soil, internal partitions and windows of buildings. The results of this work will serve as a starting point to carry out environmental and energy assessment of the residential building stock and to define improvement strategies for the sake of sustainability.