Micro Housing
Micro Housing
Micro Housing
Affordable housing refers to housing units that are affordable by that section of society whose
income is below the median household income.
Objectives
• The basic objectives of the housing policy
are:
• To assist all people, and in particular the
houseless, the inadequately housed and
the vulnerable sections and to secure for
themselves affordable shelter through
access to developed land, building
materials, finance and technology
• To create an enabling environment for housing
activity by various sections by eliminating
constraints, and by developing an efficient and
equitable system for the delivery of housing
inputs
• To expand the provision of infrastructure facilities in rural and urban areas in order to improve
the environment of human settlements, increase the access of poorer households to basic
services, and to increase the supply of developed land for housing
• To undertake, within the overall context of policies for poverty alleviation and employment,
steps for improving the housing situation of the poorest sections and vulnerable groups by
direct initiative and financial support of the state.
Goals to be achieve:
• provide the minimum level of basic services and amenities to ensure a healthy environment
within the framework of integrated development o f rural and urban settlements
• reduce houselessness
• provide an opportiunity to different income groups
AIM
To design a group housing which consists of micro apartment units having less square footage
as compared to studio apartments, efficiently serving all the basic requirements of living. The
prime focus of this project will be to offer the maximum in the lesser area and keeping it
affordable for a larger number of people.
• In todays scenario, it is difficult purchase a flat/house for a middle class person.
• Therefore, Micro-Housing plays an important role in cost and also in spaces.
• The people are changing locations due to job/studies, and does not get single room, and it
creates disturbance with person.
• The micro- housing is the solution for the persons.
OBJECTIVE Scope:
• To understand space minimization • Micro apartments holds the potential to
• To create multifunctional spaces accommodate a diverse range of
• Installing flexible furniture demographics in lesser space.
• To incorporate minimalistic designs to • These housing units may have lesser area
eliminate the feeling of compact living but definitely no lesser amenities.
Area Division • The main components of these units are
Living space
• Therefore we need to do Analysis of Bedding space
Areas and justifications. Kitchenette
• Therefore, it gives a great opportunity Bathroom
to Architects to Solve the Area vs
Population Problem.
Micro Housing in India
• As a concept, micro-apartments in India
are set to redefine studio and one-
bedroom units. For years, studio
apartments and one-bedroom units
have been an economical residential
option for singles and young couples
who are willing to compromise on
space to own a house in a convenient
location, rather than pay high rentals or
take out huge loans to afford bigger
houses.
• Mumbai has been the frontrunner
when it comes to the concept of micro-
apartments and has seen offerings as
small as 189 sq ft., going up to 320 sq Concept:
ft.
• The micro-housing market is also seeing The concept is to make a affordable living
a spurt in demand in cities such as environment for people
Bengaluru, Gurugram and Noida that The use of space,material differ from others.
have a large migrant population of
working professionals with an annual Transformable Furniture
income of more than Rs 8 lakh. Transformable furniture which uses less
space and provides dual functions is also
NEED OF PROJECT called dual-function furniture.
Shelter for all has been the major issue all It has a large potential market in large cities,
around the world as the space for construction such as Beijing (China) and New York (the
is limited and the population is increasing US).
expeditiously. These large cities have a lot of features in
With the increasing population and common.
urbanization lands are getting densely They have large populations, large gaps
populated and the scope for future expansions between rich and poor and a large portion
and construction is getting difficult day by day. of small space apartments.
India being a country with a population of These features provide a good opportunity
132.42 crores faces major problem in for the development of transformable space
providing shelter for all, because of increasing saving furniture.
land scarcity and the non-affordability of
residences.
Micro apartments as a solution can serve to
both the scenarios as they occupy less space in
comparison to traditional Indian houses and
on the other side they are also affordable due
to its reduced square footage.
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Storages
Space Saving Beds
Space saving bed can be divided into two
categories, regular beds and bunk beds.
A regular space saving bed might be a
shelf,desk or combined bed and desk, in
which the desk portion is capable of being
transformed into a bed.
The bed size can be various depending on Elevate the bed and give
Creating a special unit
the customer’s request. yourself more space
for sleeping and using
its volume for storage underneath
compartments
Location = Omicron 3
Site Area = 52303.90 SQM (12.92 Acre)
Permisible Ground Coverage = 40%
Permisible FAR = 2.75
Height Limit = No limit. For buildings above
30 metres in height, clearance
from Airport Authority shall
have to be taken.
The site chosen is a rectangular vacant land
near Greater Noida – Ghaziabad Link Road in
the Sector Omicron 3 of Greater Noida
proposed for residential land-use as
mentioned in the Master Plan Noida 2031.
Site Layout