500 houses were built in Agadez, Niger as part of the project Urbanisation for Change developed by the Comitato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo dei Popoli (CISP) with the collaboration of Politecnico di Torino, and funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), the European Union and UNESCO. The project aimed to address the housing deficit of the city, however, it is likely that the households will need to expand the initial house due to the size of the building and the changing spatial needs of a household, since the house cannot be considered as a static finished product but as a living element which is constantly changing and transforming over time in response to household’s needs.