IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS) Volume 21, Issue12, Ver. 9 (December. 2016) PP 46-54 e-ISSN: 2279-0837, p-ISSN: 2279-0845. www.iosrjournals.org DOI: 10.9790/0837-2112094654 www.iosrjournals.org 46 | Page Implementation of The Method Breeam Ecohomes For Social Housing In The Algerian Urban Context * Dr. Dahmani Krimo, * Dr. Marc Mequignon 1 Department of Architecture, University of Hassiba Ben Bouali of Chlef, * 2 III University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse III. Abstract:- Thinking on the approaches and indicators of sustainable development is a recent activity. These are needed to evaluate urban designs at different scales. Therefore, we can predict future logic developments of the urban texture. This thought came to substitute modernism. The modern social housing programs are realized as nonfunctional neighborhoods. This quantitative modern approach has lead to a strong socio-urban segregation without taking into consideration the social practices. Faced with this failure, a challenge is needed to establish a new policy of collective housing that takes into account the sustainable approach. In Algeria, since the 1970s, entire social neighborhoods are thus exposed to exclusion. This evokes the search for a balanced urban system. After 2000, new urban projects have established a functioning urban logic, based on consulting residents and a new steering mode. In addition, to make the new interventions more successful, social housing will be studied through a transposition of appropriate methods and tools, which are internationally successful and based on indicators, such as BREEAM EcoHomes. The concerned neighborhoods start challenging under this approach of urban project. Keywords:- urban project, social housing, adaptation, sustainable development, evaluation method, BREEAM. I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND The zoning of the modern trend caused the separation of the population compared to their aspirations and expectations. Discontent climate towards this modern housing is related to the impossibility of finding a Man Machine for a housing machine. That is why; sustainable development is presented as alternative and unavoidable solution. In this context, Antoine Loubière said: "The main trends of the world, as they exist, are negative trends, Trends towards insecurity, violence, global change, growing mobility, expressions of materials and energy flows [...] the world works unsustainably, socially and environmentally. By contrast, morally speaking sustainable development is a concept that aims at reminding us of our duties towards future generations and natural persons” (Antoine Loubière, 2002). This result is also taken from the typo morphological studies of the Italian schools of the 1970s including Aldo Rossi, Carlo Aymonino Vittorio Spigai. It is also inspired from American urban studies (advocacy planning 1960). These studies are done in order to prevent all forms of social segregation after an unsatisfactory result of monofunctional modern social housing neighborhoods. An alternative project appeared according to François Thomas as "the expression of the political will of society" (François Thomas, 1995). It was about a concept and an action process for the formation of the urban texture. It is a sustainable flexible approach, less rigid and open to changes and debate. This approach is seen as "a guide of the act to adapt the city to societal demand and play as social and economic support" (Ignalina Patrizia, 2001). II. THE NEED TO ASSESSMENT METHODS FOR A SUSTAINABLE PROJECT A new sustainability approach automatically means a change of the urban image of the housing system. It suggests every time a suitable methodology for its realization. The new form of this housing system given by sustainability has to start from the study of the current state and the processes which lead to them. We give importance to the knowledge archeology of Foucault M (Hans-Jörg Rheinberger, 2014). In this respect, it is important to know which model is suitable to transform the negative elements and keep the efficient ones, "That is to say what form should be given to them so that they can work properly" (Malisz Boleslav, 1972). The thing which guides us towards selecting an evaluation method that suits the objective of our study. We want to use the most advanced methods in the field of sustainable urban development intended for housing. There is currently a lot of assessment tools available for measuring, evaluating and managing the sustainable development criteria and consequently their impact on the environment, with a different level of use from a county to a another.