PA-3903 HOUSING

ASSIGNMENT – 2

HIGH RAISED NEIGHBORHOOD

SUBMITED BY :
119AR0009 – M.BHASKARA RAO
119AR0022 – A.RAGHAVA
 INTRODUCTION :

Everyone started moving from villages to

cities in search of job which would available
in city which may increase density in the
cities

The main reason for adopting high rise

buildings is to solve density problems and
lack of available of land problem

Land is scarce and expensive particularly in

big cities where tall buildings represent the
best solution for solving the problems
As the invertible result of growing population and intensifying urbanization high raised
residential towers have become more prevalent in many cities replacing vast areas of
vernacular houses

ARE HIGH RAISED APPARTMENTS ARE GOOD TO

LIVE ?
The tall buildings are been blamed for crime and mental breakdown

As we all know humans are social animals and they live as community . Community
means group of people live together in same locality
The smallest form of community is dwelling unit but only owners can enter freely to this
place.
So there should be a common space such as courtyard or a public space where everyone
enters the space have equal ownership
REASONS OF WHY HIGHRAISED BUILDING CAUSE
PROBLEMS:
1.HIGH-RISES SEPARATE PEOPLE FROM THE STREET.

2.HIGH- RISE SCALE IS NOT THE HUMAN SCALE.

3.HIGH-RISES RADICALLY REDUCE CHANCE ENCOUNTERS AND PROPINQUITY.

4.HIGH-RISES ARE VERTICAL SPRAWL

5. HIGH- RISES= GENTRIFICATION AND INEQUALITY; LOW/MID-

RISES=RESILIENCY AND AFFORDABILITY.

6.ARE HIGH RISES EVEN GREEN ?

7.HIGH RISES ARE NOT GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH.

1.HIGH-RISES SEPARATE PEOPLE FROM THE STREET:

Sure the views from a high-rise can be stunning, but you

aren't able to see people in a way that allows for
connection. This separates people from the outdoors, the
city and from other people. 

2.HIGH- RISE SCALE IS NOT THE HUMAN SCALE:

High-rises are simply so tall that they make no visual sense to

a pedestrian at eye-level. You can't even see the whole
building unless you're in another high-rise. You become lost
and engulfed in glass and steel canyons
3.HIGH-RISES RADICALLY REDUCE CHANCE ENCOUNTERS AND PROPINQUITY.

Because high-rises tend to separate people from the street and

each other, they greatly reduce the number of chance encounters
that happen, which are crucial to the liveliness of a city and to
creating social capital. And because people are cooped up in tall
buildings, they are less likely to experience propinquity, 

4.HIGH-RISES ARE VERTICAL SPRAWL

Sprawl is when something is built inefficiently and takes up

too much space. With high-rises, they take up too much
vertical space for something (in this case dense housing) that
could be achieved with much less height.
5. HIGH- RISES= GENTRIFICATION AND INEQUALITY; LOW/MID-RISES=RESILIENCY AND
AFFORDABILITY.
 Tall buildings offer increased profits for developers. However, the higher a building rises, the more expensive is
the construction. Thus, the tallest buildings tend to be luxury units, often for global investors. Tall buildings
inflate the price of adjacent land, thus making the protection of historic buildings and affordable housing less
achievable. In this way, they increase inequality

6.ARE HIGH RISES EVEN GREEN ?

 high-rise buildings are less adaptable than mid-rise structures, and therefore are inherently less sustainable.
high-rise buildings are built largely of steel and concrete and are less sustainable than low rise and mid-rise
buildings built largely of wood; steel and concrete

7.HIGH RISES ARE NOT GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH.

high-rises keep children and the elderly from getting the exercise the extra effort it takes to get outside encourages
them to stay at home
PROBLEMS CAUSED BY HIGH RAISED
NEIGHBOURHOOD :

Traffic

Parking

Noise

Suspicious Activity

Private Properties
TRAFFIC :
As many families live in high raised building there would be a lot of
traffic present in the surrounding of the building and this might cause
problem.

PARKING
:Parking problem may also cause as there are many families and everyone will
have a vehicle and they must have a common space to park and mainly cars should
be under the surveillance of security officer to avoid any kind of robbery problems
NOISE :
Their would be a lot of noise which may come from traffic and the people from
neighbor hood

SUSPICIOUS ACTI VITY :

As lot of people live together in a neighbor hood this might cause even crime in the
area

COMMON AREAS :
In common areas there should be a team or group of people who Take care about neatness
in the common areas it requires to be cleaned daily
CASE STUDY:
BEDOK COURT CONDOMINIUM
INTRODUCTION:

The Bedok Court condominium in Singapore was an attempt at creating a multi-family high-rise
housing project which incorporates the features of single-family houses found in traditional area
villages. The major feature of this is the “forecourt,” an exterior space between the interior of the
individual unit and the condominium’s circulation.
Community spaces within a high-rise building which are modeled after those from a traditional
singlefamily house can function to foster community in a similar fashion without sacrificing
aspects of the individual such as privacy and security.
Singapore, a country plagued by a high population within a small
area, has a large percentage (81%) of its population living in public,
high-rise housing projects.
The Bedok Court condominiums were designed by architect Cheng
Jian Fenn in the early 1980’s to deal with, among other things,
community.
This community connection was created by taking ideas from
traditional houses in the area. Fenn looked at local traditional
housing types from the area for inspiration.
These kampong, or village, houses incorporated angung and
serambi spaces, which are exterior veranda spaces As illustrated in
the typical layout of this style
house involves these exterior space as a way for the inhabitants to
interact with those who pass by and as a way to enact “the social
ritual of greeting and receiving neighbors and visitors” Fenn looked
to incorporate these spaces into his residential high-rise complex.
REFERENCES :

High-Rise Neighborhood: Rethinking Community in the Residential Tower (usf.edu)

7 Reasons Why High-Rises Kill Livability | Smart Cities Dive

https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/housing/sites/files/housing/public/shared/4.2%20Dealing
%20with%20Common%20Neighbourhood%20Problems.pdf

https://www.irbnet.de/daten/iconda/CIB5047.pdf
THANK YOU

PRESENTED BY :
119AR0009 – M.BHASKARA RAO
119AR0022 – A.RAGHAVA