Content
1 INTRODUCTION Introduction 10
Aim and Objectives 11
Methodology and Analytical Framework 11
Scope and Limitations 122
2 THE HOUSING PROBLEM Mass housing as means of housing 18
Dwelling as a process 19
Possession and personalization 20
Universality and uniformity 23
3 NATURE OF HOUSING Failure of current housing stock 26
Obsolescence in housing 27
External demographics and internal dynamics 29
Financial arguments 30
Needs and desires of users to modify 31
4 CASES OF FLEXIBILITY IN HOUSING Various approaches towards designing housing 33
Modernity and minimal living 34
The industrialization of housing 36
Participation and user choice 38
5 MAKING OF HOUSING Vertical structural system 43
Horizontal spanning system 44
Plumbing system 46
Electrical system 47
6 CASE STUDIES Darshan Apartments 50
Casela Towers 58
Skydeck 72
7 CONCLUSION Conclusion 82
8 APPENDIX & CREDITS Appendix 87
Illustration credits 93
Bibliography 95