Affordable Design Techniques for Housing
Owning a house is a dream that every person has. The government doing efforts to ensure Indians have access to affordable houses. Affordable housing for all people is one of the important challenges. India is currently facing a big shortage of houses. The dream of owning a house, particularly for the low-income and middle-income groups has become a difficult reality. The provision of affordable housing is a basic human need.
The growing population coupled with the lack of adequate housing has necessitated the need for a strategy by the Government, architects, and designers with private developers to proffer solutions that will initiate cost-effective, innovative, and environment-friendly housing technologies for the construction of houses to enable the common people to own houses at affordable cost. This study aims to propose adaptable design strategies in the provision of affordable housing in India.
To achieve that, the following objectives were pursued: to propose strategies for land-use efficiency, to recommend guidelines for flexibility in design, and to incorporate end users’ opinions in the design of housing schemes. The study adopted the qualitative research method through the review of existing case studies. Among the recommendations made was proposing guidelines on the adaptable design that will aid architects and designers in the design of affordable mass housing schemes.
