A house is part and parcel of mans life

The housing, next to food and clothing, satisfies one of the basic needs of man
for centuries. Every society has naturally introduced the housing that needs. Housing
unit is a residential area with homogeneous characteristics which encourages the
social life.
Now a days,it has become practically became impossible even for the higher
class of the society to have a detached house in a thickly populated city area. This
has led to the concept of apartments or flats.

GENERAL ASSUMPTIONS : :
According to the case studies we have done we have made some
assumptions for the areas required and also facilities to be provided such as
recreational, circulation, parking spaces etc.
The minimum area required for a MIG is 80 sqm which consists of 2
bedrooms (1 with area 3.5X4.5 and another with area 3.0X3.5), 1 living room
(3.5X4.8), 1kitchen (2.0X2.5), 2 toilets and balconies minimum.
The minimum area required for a HIG is 100 sqm consists of 3 bedrooms (1
with area 3.5X4.5 and child bedroom with area 3.0X3.5, guest bedroom with area
3.0X3.5), 1 living room (6.0X4.0), 1kitchen (3.0X2.5), 2 toilets and balconies
minimum.
Adequate circulation spaces, roads, path ways are to be provided for free
movement.
Along with these facilities like parking spaces, recreational space such as
parks and playgrounds, commercial spaces like general stores, hospitals and some
educational institutions are to be provided. All these facilities to be provided
depended on the area of the housing society.
CONCEPT : :
We have been given the task of designing a housing society which includes at
least 380 dwelling units and all other adequate requirements in an area of 35,200
sqm with minimum setbacks of 6m on all side which has roads passing on south and
west side.

As there are more number of units to be provided it is not possible to provide

detached or semi detached houses. So, multistoried buildings (apartments) have to
be constructed.
I have designed a 5 storied apartments for both MIG (1 consists 4 in a unit
and another consists 5 in a unit) and HIG (3 in a unit). Total number of units provided
are 20, 12 MIG, 8 HIG.
Connected wall are not been provided in any of the buildings between any 2
dwelling units, so that, adequate ventilation could be provided for all rooms and also
privacy can be increased. Parking spaces are provided at ground level of apartment
(stilt floor). Staircases and lifts are provided.
Park, swimming pool, community hall, indoor games have been provided as
recreational spaces. All these have approach through connecting roads and these
roads are in turn connected to main roads at south and west side. Green spaces are
also provided around the units and along the road side, so that a pleasant
atmosphere can be created.
Since, all the facilities required have been provided I think the design
proposed can be a solution to the problem.
AREA STATEMENT : :
Total area provided

35,200 sqm

Area excluding setbacks provided on all sides

30,424 sqm

Total built up area of MIG

6202.44 sqm55

Total built up area of HIG

4630.88 sqm41

Total area provided for recreational space(incl. park)

2145 sqm

Remaining area includes roads, green belts, setbacks etc.

There are 240 MIG units and 120 HIG units
In total built up area 55% was provided for MIG 41% is provided for HIG and
6% was provided for recreation centre.