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study on coliving rental space in urban environment

Abstract:
This study focus on the quality of life through co-living housing in the organized rental
housing market and to find the affordable and planned design strategies of co-living
for new building as well as for retrofitting it in an existing building.

Objectives:
• To study the importance of co-living housing w.r.t the present housing situation. To
study the advantages of affordable co-living houses for the upcoming future.
To study the difference between traditional rentals and co-living houses.
To study the design challenges/requirements for co-living housing in both, new and
existing buildings.
• To study about the facilities and services to be provided in co-living house accord-
ing to the different category of people.

Keywords:
quality of life, affordability , social behaviour

Need and scope:

• To provide a better environment housing to migrants who are coming to urbans
(especially metropolitan cities) for employment or education.
• As well as to develop an affordable surrounding with all major facilities and ame-
nities at affordable cost for the betterment of living.
• To improve social interaction between urban people.

Limitations:
The study is restricted for urban areas only.
The study deals with affordable and rental housing projects for MIG economic
groups only. The study works on co-living policy only

Methodology:
Preliminary research - literature and live case study

understanding the behaviour,needs and utilisation of the

space

Secondary research – exploration on spacial planning an

privacy maintainance criteria

Analysis with parameters

conclusion and recomendation