Housing Design

Housing Design Process

Definition
Housing is The physical environment,
neighbourhood, micro district or the
physical infra structures that mankind use
for shelter and the environs ofthat
structure, including all necessary services,
facilities, equipment and devices needed
for the physical health and social well
being of the family and the individual.

Project Formulation

Analysis
Design Development

Evaluation/Alternatives
Implementation
Maintenance

Project Formulation
Housing is a Commodity
Factors influence the Housing Project
Land - Value, Condition and Ownership
Need and Context
Target Group and Composition of Typologies
Prevailing Building Bye Laws
Sources of Infrastructure
Organizational Hierarchy ( In case of Industrial Housing)

 Finance and market

Cost of Construction
Delivery and Maintenance

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Project Formulation

Analysis
Design Development

Evaluation/Alternatives
Implementation
Maintenance

Site Analysis
Site Analysis On site
Off Site Condition
Natural Factors Water, Physiography,
Orientation, Vegetation , View , Climate
etc.,

Manmade Factors Location, Cultural

Attraction, Utilities and Services, Buildings ,
Roads Etc.,

Onsite Conditions
Identification of the following:

Site Potentials
Site Problems
Site issues
Site Amenity
Site Danger Signal

Off Site Condition

Direct Affect
Availability and Proximity to various utilities
Indirect Affect:
Availability of Primary School
Un desirable views
Parking, Shops , bus stop, library and Park

Geographic location and site orientation

Site features

Social site constraints

Council requirements

Housing Design Process

Project Formulation

Analysis
Design Development

Evaluation/Alternatives
Implementation
Maintenance

Housing Concept Development

Development Program Based on

Human Need
Defining Cluster Space
Impact Assessment
Evaluation

Relates to four factors

Amenity.Identity..Land use. Activity

Design Development

Open Spaces
Circulation and Parking
Services
Recreational facilities and Amenities
Landscaping
Materials & Technology and Cost
Community Participation

Unit Entrance

Cluster
Formation

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Project Formulation

Analysis
Design Development

Evaluation/Alternatives
Implementation
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Project Formulation

Analysis
Design Development

Evaluation/Alternatives
Implementation
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 Determination of House Quality and Suitability

Identification of Household types
Identification of House Type
Correlation of Household/House type

Territory.. Orientation.Privacy..Identity.Convenience...
Accessibility.. Safety.

Collective or mass housing is defined primarily by quantity and it acquires its spatial
quality through grouping. This type of dwelling houses large numbers of people with
varying degrees of housing quality. Within it the housing units are closely grouped,
according to rules of horizontal or vertical assemblage, generating spaces with public,
semi-public or private character in which certain social practices of housing unfold.

Housing Design Process

Project Formulation

Analysis
Design Development

Evaluation/Alternatives
Implementation
Maintenance

Key Issues :
Benefits
Risks
Savings
Costs
Barriers
Benchmarks

Balance

Provide a variety of open spaces to serve a range of different active and

passive recreational roles to meet the diversity of community needs.

Access

Provide for safe and convenient access to open spaces within and
between communities, and where possible co-locate open spaces with
shops, schools and other community facilities to reduce parking and
minimise walking distances.

Preservation

Use open space to protect and enhance the environmental, cultural and
heritage values of an area

Place Making

Locate open spaces to build on the special attributes of an area for longterm public amenity and sense of place; for example an open-space network
may include hill tops, river frontage, mature trees, places with panoramic
views, rocky outcrops and remnant vegetation.

Integration

Connect open space as part of a municipal network and link into the
regional open space system where possible.

Safety

Design and maintain open spaces to ensure that public safety is

commensurate to the level of use and targeted user groups.

Sustainability

Design, development and management of open space should respond to

environmental values and conditions, community aspirations and economic
considerations and must remain viable in the long term.

Equity

Provide equitable access to parks and open spaces to ensure that the type,
location and quality of the infrastructure are evenly spread.

Waterwise

Provide areas within the open-space network sufficient to detain and cleanse
stormwater runoff and avoid impacting sensitive areas.