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world. To summarize, the aims of an urban centre that is immediate to a local industry does not match with the function it is to carry out. A void in the economy is created at such instances that break the flow of economy & denies the full foliation of village industries, instead making way for a biased development of the urban centres solely.

The ways of living in the Tier 1 & Tier 2 cities of India, have changed drastically in the past few decades. A cycle is formulated where the consumer is asked to consume the goods that are glorified through commercial media. A sense of dissatisfaction is imbibed through the media that keeps on demanding consumption from the consumers. In case 1, the metropolitan cities look glorified in terms of their lifestyle & a sense of dissatisfaction runs through a large portion of the population residing in Tier 2 cities. These people migrate to the metropolitan cities to seek better lifestyles & improved amenities.. Similar scenario rises in the unclassified cities of India which becomes the case 2 . The lack of job opportunities in the village industries forces the population to move out towards the Tier 2 urban centres in hopes of a better job & daily wage to be minimum. In both the cases, it is the sense of deprivation that drives the population to move out & migrate aiming for better opportunities, that are subjective to the individuals or a group of individuals.

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ARGUMENT 02 - THE SHIFT OF ORIGIN

Architecture in urban centres of India opt to build comparatively higher structures, catering to the issues of space crunch, that arises due to the exponential growth in the rates of migration. Metropolitan cities are seen to experience a wave of highrises whereas Tier 2 cities are experiencing the same in midrise complexes.

Construction industry is one of the major industries that contributes to the national economy through the processes of material extraction, its sales & exports. Steel & cement are the two high economy generating material industries that also add significantly to the state economies of the state their mines & plants are present in. Since the emergence of steel & concrete as a material in construction throughout the world, modern architecture has seen these two materials as the replacement of any pre-existing, local material in any given context. The heights that are achieved by these materials acts as an assurance of its strength & stability as a material. Apart from the delusional assurance, the commercial agendas & mass media promote the usage of these materials in abundance. Like the cycle that exists in the economic pattern of India, as mentioned in previous argument [refer to Chapter 2.1],a similar cycle exists in the extracting, manufacturing, procuring & usage of these materials. The consumer sees a glorified image of the materials to eventually opt for the same for his / her construction needs.

The way these materials are portrayed by the industrialists through multiple techniques of commercialization & the way it is perceived by the population, it gives rise to a misconception that these materials are the only solution for a strong & lost lasting structure. Breaking down to just the housing typology of architecture, households can be broadly categorized into two parts - Kutcha & Pucca building. As the names suggest, a Kutcha building is a temporary dwelling unit whereas a Pucca building is a permanent & a strong dwelling unit. As per the Instruction Manualfor Houselisting &Housing Census 2011, GovernmentofIndia, following are the definitions of the two categories discussed -

Kutcha Building : A household, the walls & roof of which are built out of materials like unburnt bricks, bamboo, mud, grass, reed, thatch, loosely packed stone, plastic & or polyethene. Pucca Building : A household, the walls & roof of which are built out of materials like duly packed stone [cement / lime mortar], G.I. / metal / asbestos sheets, burnt bricks, cement bricks, concrete, machine-made tiles & or cement tiles.