- rebuilding coastal settlements after the tsunami
Artes - Human settlements development Center, Chennai
Ar. Durganand Balsavar
organic street - view - insitu growth 
The core house consisted of two rooms with an extended verandah infront which is multifunctional. Using alternative construction techniques like use of rat trap bond and filler slabs etc. - And materials like locally available wood, mangalore tiles, these self built houses were built to respond to rural way of life that existed prior to the Tsunami. Training was provided to the village community to build their own homes. ( Collaborative project Artes-Ader-Iscos-Ised-Odtf, Fondation France - Project conceived and designed by Ar Durganand - Artes).Some Issues to consider in coastal resettlement -
1. Way of life
2. Economy
3. Location and services
4. Coastal ecology conservation (See MSSRF Bio-shield concept)
5. Alternative energy - like solar and wind
6. Alternative technologies and locally available materials
Incremental housing- An Affordable answer ?
Aranya housing Indore - Ar. B.V.Doshi (Vastu Shilpa Foundation)
Whats are the possible solutions for a sustainable & affordable growth of low income group settlements.? Aranya housing provides a practical solution. Check the following link for detailed brief of the project : http://www.vastushilpa.org/activities/projects/aranya.htm
7 comments:
In self build housing , most often its not possible to control the development - like in Aranya and Laurie Baker's fishing villages the changes made by the community are at variance with the original design -
Affordable incremental housing - is closer to self-build housing rather than "the conventional" architect designed housing project. The approach and process is dramatically different. The architect provides the basic guidelines and the expression is often determined by the community - hence the core house concept
yes Elsee, though should there not be stricter rules set by the architects that a community should follow -
Sreedevi, Probably its not really enforcable - ( strict rules for community to build and follow ) since after the project is built and the family moves in - they own the houose - How can the architect set rules for the owner - even Laurie Baker clarifies this point in the book by Gautam Bhatia - how this is a different process and why we need to see it differently
thanks, arya - shall check it out - any other books on this that i can refer ????
check out - the Grunfeld variations by Habraken, Pattern language by Christopher Alexander, Aranya Housing by Dr B V Doshi, And Laurie Baker's projects.....
the issues are complex - size of family, how does one decide densities, and also design when life style is changing, new factors have come in where children now have different professions, also the fact that in many sites it may not be possible to provide coastal protection since they are very close to the sea and there is no land to shift the communities either -
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