Affordable Mass Housing In India
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From the maker of the world’s cheapest car – the Nano, Tata is proud to present the world’s cheapest apartment, strategically priced at $7,800 per unit. Hopefully it is not another mass housing in Ixtapaluca, Mexico.
Blue Ocean Strategy?
Tata’s housing division is targeting a segment of the market that was largely overlooked during the housing boom. India’s builders were concentrating on building shiny new high rises and mansions on golf courses. Builders were after profits, but they were also trying to justify their fast-accelerating land costs, especially in and around Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay) and other major cities. But some business consultants (most prominently, C.K. Prahalad) were arguing that companies would profit handsomely if they target the “bottom of the pyramid” where the bulk of consumers are. It looks like Tata is taking that advice. Source: BusinessWeek
Come to think of ‘need’ and ‘want’, where does an architect’s responsibility lies? Affordability appears to be a taboo word in every architect’s dictionary. This may sound like an oxymoron especially since architecture and affordability are both on the “opposite side” of the sphere.
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Social Housing, Making Small Seem Large
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This semester’s design class is about social housing, before we jump into the design stage, we need to understand what is social housing? I bet 9 out of 10 people would have projected an image of a stripped-down subsidized housing.
House, be it for the poor or rich must bestow on its inhabitants a sense of dignity, a sense of belonging, having said that, social housing should fits comfortably into the community, allowing it to assimilate into the surrounding community.
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Slovenian architects Ofis have completed Tetris Apartments, a social housing development in Ljubljana.A little bit of text from the architects:“The building stands on the edge of the 650 apartments development which was finished year ago.
The challenge is, can small be beautiful?
I’m looking into the concept of ‘making small things big’, this would generally requires a fluid space and good lighting that can make even a small dwelling seem free and open, rather than confined and oppressive, energy efficiency is also important and last but not least, creative use of bricks. Why bricks?
Currently I’m looking into Glenn Murcutt’s work for its energy efficiency and quality of space.
Dana Cuff suggests that social housing is all about simplicity within complexity. I’ve been googling and searching for books on creative social housing and the outcome is somewhat disappointed, is affordable housing significant architecture?
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