FOR: Construction workers and other slum dwellers who live in temporary houses

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​OBSERVATION: Construction workers residing on-site, along with other inhabitants of slums, live in very small suffocating spaces.

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PROBLEM STATEMENT: Due to these small areas they are residing in, there is a lack of privacy. The activities that require privacy are:

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Indoor Activities:

• Changing clothes, getting dressed

• Breastfeeding women

• Two families living together where they need their privacy

• Sleeping

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Outdoor Activities: ​

• Bathing in the open

• Using the washroom

• Eating food on the construction site where the dust can contaminate the food

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HYPOTHESIS: 

Developing a viable strategy to address the lack of privacy experienced by construction workers residing on-site, along with other inhabitants of slums, aiming to mitigate the challenges associated with communal living arrangements and daily activities.