AFFORDABLE HOUSING

SATARA, MAHARASHTRA

DESIGN MATRIX WHY IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING IMPORTANT ?

Habitat for Humanity knows that a safe, decent, affordable home is fundamental to a family forging a path out of poverty. In a Habitat house, tamilies find better health, more financial freedom, independence, and a stability and security that far too many families simply can’t achieve without a helping hand. And hence it becomes important to design these habitat’s carefully.

Vision

As the name of the intervention * Sammilan * suggests, the intend is to establish a connection between different communities, between people and nature, between vernacular and modern, between work and leisure, through housing thus becoming a connective tissue. The idea is to create a prototype tor housing which could be replicated in the such type of rich residential neighbourhood, so that more number of these people can be accommodated with in the city itself, providing them with better opportunities and resources to live a better lifestyle, unlike the present government schemes. To connect people from different background as an extended family. The idea is to create junctions to bring the residents together to organize social meetings and leisure activities.

Green Courtyard

Placing a green courtyard on SW side which is the major wind direction helps in making the wind entering cooler.

Common Courtyard

Organization of the housing in the forms of cluster each with all units opening into a central courtyard, which then binds all these together.

Staggring

Staggering of units as we move upwards so as to provide self shading on south face and terrace gardens on north side.

Shaded Streets

Shaded streets as a place for social interaction.