National College of Arts: 4th Year Architecture

Case Study of a Household with income range between Rs 30,000 and 40,000

User Profile: Fundamentals and Particulars

i. Fundamentals

Context and location

On map, topography, other features

Facilities

Background, eg age of settlement etc

Settlement type, eg village, katchi abadi, urban settlement, housing society, etc

Settlement history

Family Dynamics

Joint family or nuclear family, or other

Number and ages of family members

Ethnicity

Particulars

Basic Services and Methods of Acquiring, eg formally supplied through State or informally supplied

Gas

Electricity

Water

Wastewater systems

Solid waste management

Access to telephone, mobile phone etc

Others

Hospitals and clinics

Schools and madrassahs

Parks and open space

Access to goods for daily use: availability of and distance to convenient store, mandis etc

Others
Education and Skills

Skill set

Education: current and potential

Livelihoods

Livelihoods of household members

Employment Status

Security nets, eg savings groups, ‘committee’ etc

Expenditure and Assets

Goods or services on which expenditure is done

Assets eg property, etc

Bank accounts

Recreation and Culture

Frequency and forms of recreational activity of all household members

Spaces or platforms used for recreation

Social Capital

Relationship with community and objective of relationship

Socio-economic, political, religious etc networks

Associations and welfare organizations

Networks related to livelihoods and employment

Culture and Social Issues

Cultural norms and practises

Festivals

Social ‘influences’

Trends and pressures

Other
House Form and Program Dynamics

Building technology

Total covered area

Plot size

Program types including single use and multiple use

Approximate cost of structure

Status of Home Tenure

Owner occupied, rental occupied, puggri, or other

Land tenure: legal and regular disputed, or other

Methods of acquiring land

Issues related to house or land tenure

Relationship with Street, Neighbourhood, and City

Spatial relationships with street, neighbourhood, city

Types of relationship with neighbours

Types of dependency on neighbours

Neighbourhood density

Modes of Transport and Accessibility

Use of transport eg personal or livelihood related

Personal transport, public transport, or other

Expenditure on transport and typologies eg shared, individual, on credit, etc

Aspirations for the Future

Aspirations of each family member for the future, eg marriage, education, profession, wealth and
power, etc

ii. Particulars

This depends on the unique or particular aspects of the case you are researching.