For this
week's blog, I would like to present my current thesis abstract:
Affordable Housing Community In Chennai India
The country of India, and the cities
and townships found therein, are commonly plagued by poor conditions of
infrastructure. In poor neighborhoods,
many households have inadequate potable water supply. Fifty-five percent of the total households in
India have no toilet facilities at all. On average, seventy-four percent of
rural households lack basic toilet facilities while only seventeen percent of
urban households lack these amenities (Gupta, Arnold & Lhungdim, 2009).
This problem is exacerbated by the
excessive population densities found in many of the country's urban
environments. The population density
throughout the country in 2012 was 411 people per square kilometer and growing
steadily ("Population density (people," 2012). Chennai India, the
capital of the state of Tamil Nadu, stands as no exception. With the current downward economic trends in
the country, it seems more difficult now than ever to maintain basic amenities
for low-income households in Chennai.
The following thesis proposes the
design of an affordable housing community in Chennai, India. The design will facilitate the daily lives of
the users along with building self-respect and the respect of others. It is currently expected to accomplish these
goals by providing various on-site amenities, such as a health clinic, vendor
spaces, and athletic spaces for adults and children. Furthermore, it will investigate progressive
environmental design through materiality, construction methods, systems, and
siting.
Along with the individuals in the
community, the proposal will also help the other local citizens of
Chennai. The site is projected to be
abutted next to a main water way leading through the city before terminating
into the Bay of Bengal. The community
will have a water filtration option that will help to clean the water used by,
not only the immediate housing community, but other citizens who come to fill
their containers. Nearly half of the
country's households have to travel to access potable water (Gupta, Arnold
& Lhungdim, 2009). The affordable
housing community design will also act as an additional clean water source for
the local citizens.
REFERENCES
Gupta, K., Arnold, F., & Lhungdim, H. International Institute for
Population Sciences, (2009). Health and living conditions in eight indian
cities (400 088). Retrieved from
website: http://www.measuredhs.com/pubs/pdf/OD58/OD58.pdf
Population density (people
per sq. km of land area). (2012). Retrieved from http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.POP.DNST? order=wbapi_data_value_2011 wbapi_data_value&sort=desc
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