Too Poor To live, To Poor To Die
My friend told me if you can’t afford a big house; why not invest in a ’small’ house. The value of the property is less than RM5000 (USD 1414).
RM5000 is a good buy, wait, it is not a good buy, it’s a STEAL! After a long chat, I asked him “What is the total floor area of the ’small house’?” He never reply my question, instead he invited me for a house viewing tour.
Turns out the ’small house’ is indeed small but expensive, RM5000 for a ’small house’ less than one square feet. Future investment he said, the ’small house’ is a place where you rest in peace, inside a tiny bottle known as the urn.
“Buy Land! They Don’t Make It Anymore!” Mark Twain
The Ladders to Heaven, Image Source: China Culture
Tags: Architecture, Cemetery Plot, Heaven, Small House, Stairways to heaven, Tiny House, Urn“Too poor to live, to poor to die” is how one newspaper the northeastern city Harbin headlined a report complaining that cemetery plots were now costing more per square meter than luxury apartments.
However in the most sought-after graveyards, such as Beijing’s Babaoshan Cemetery, plots start at a minimum of 70,000 yuan (£6,900) per square metre for a 20-year “lease” after which the deceased must pay a renewal fee or face the indignity of eviction. Source: Telegraph
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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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