POE in Pessac Oral Experiences. Model for the Systematic Comparison of Post-Occupancy Evaluation Housing Cases

Abstract

Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE) began in the 1960s and examines the effectiveness of the design of human-occupied environments. Philippe Boudon published Le Corbusier's Pessac, later translated into English as Lived-In Architecture. Le Corbusier's Pessac revisited. The book presents a series of interviews conducted with those involved in the design process and its inhabitants and is considered a milestone of POE. Numerous research publications have cited Boudon's study from different perspectives, but no text has been located that analyzes his method under the perspective of POE. The goal of this paper is to elaborate a diagram for the systematic comparison of cases of Post-Occupancy Evaluation in housing and to apply it to the analysis of the method proposed by Boudon, identifying its contributions in each aspect. This research is structured in four phases:  Location and bibliographic selection on POE in housing; Identification of common topics in the literature for the characterization of POE methods; Creation of the comparative model of evaluation methods; Application of the model to Boudon's study to corroborate its correct functioning. As a result, it has been identified that Lived-In Architecture is a research-initiated assessment, has a general dimension, and focuses on the occupants' perspective. It uses retrospective understanding techniques and takes place during the operation stage of the dwellings with the objective of measuring the performance of the building. Therefore, it is considered within the investigative Post-Occupancy Evaluation studies.