HOUSING

Module 4 – HOUSING TYPOLOGY

HOUSING TYPOLOGY

LEARNING A. BASIC TERMS USED IN HOUSING INDUSTRY:

HOUSE
OBJECTIVES
After studying this module, you as a future Architect
should be able to:

1. Define and differentiate Housing Types in

International and Local Scene

TOPIC
 A House generally refers to a shelter or
OUTLINE building that is a dwelling or place for
1. Housing Typology habitation by human beings. The term
includes many kinds of dwellings ranging
from rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes to
high-rise apartment buildings.
OVERVIEW  "house" may mean the same as dwelling,
residence, home, abode, accommodation,
housing, lodging, among other meanings.
Module 1 serves as a brief discussion or review on The social unit that lives in a house is known
as a household.
International and Local Housing Typology. It gives us  Settled agrarian and industrial societies are
an overview on the various types of dwelling unit composed of household units living
prevalent in the country. This module is good for 3 permanently in housing of various types,
hour lecture. according to a variety of forms of land tenure.
English-speaking people generally call any
building they routinely occupy "home". Many
people leave their houses during the day for
ACTIVATING work and recreation but typically return to
them to sleep or for other activities.
PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
HOUSING
.
1. From previous topic Traditional Filipino Folk
beliefs:
- Give atleast five (5) beliefs in housing
construction that is still being practiced
by Pangasinenses.

- Give atleast five (5) beliefs in housing

construction that is practiced in other
regions.

 Any shelter, lodging, or dwelling place

 Houses collectively
 The providing of houses or shelter
 Anything that covers or protects; casing
 A fully enclosed case and support for a
mechanism

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  One or more habitable rooms designed or
HOUSING UNIT intended for use by 1 or more individuals as
an independent and separate housekeeping
establishment in which separate kitchen and
sanitary facilities are provided for the
exclusive use of such individual or
individuals. With a private entrance from
outside the building or from a common
hallway or stairway inside the building

DWELLING

 A structure or part of a structure where a

household lives. It has direct access from the
outside of the building, either directly or
through a common hall. Housing units do not
include group quarters such as prisons or
nursing homes where 10 or more unrelated
persons live. Hotel and motel rooms are
considered housing units if occupied as the
usual or permanent place of residence.  A building designed or used as residence for
 A house, apartment, a group of rooms, or a one or more families.
single room occupied or intended for
occupancy as separate living quarters. DWELLING, SINGLE
Separate living quarters are those in which
the occupants do not live and eat with any
other persons in the structure and which have
either 1) direct access from the outside of the
building or through a common hallway
intended to be used by the occupants of
another unit or by the general public, or 2)
complete kitchen facilities for the exclusive
use of the occupants. The occupants may be
a single family, one person living alone, two
or more families living together, or any other
group of related or unrelated persons who
share living arrangements.  A dwelling for 1 family which is completely
surrounded by permanent open spaces, with
DWELLING UNIT independent access, services, and use of
land.

DWELLING, MULTIPLE

 Structure designed or used as residence

 One or more rooms that may be used as a
residence, each unit having sleeping,
cooking and toilet facilities

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  A dwelling on 1 lot containing separate living
units for 3 or more families, usually provided
with common access, services and use of
land
HOUSING, CLUSTER
 Single-family detached dwelling unit
containing three or more separate living units
grouped closely together to form relatively
compact structures
B. COMPARISON OF INTERNATIONAL AND
LOCAL TYPOLOGY
B.1 INTERNATIONAL SCENE:
COMMON TERMS
Because residential development is such a broad
topic, it is important to have a common set of terms
and classifications so as to avoid confusion. The five
basic attributes of residential development are
building type, style, density, project size, and location.
Building Type
Building type refers to the arrangement of individual
dwelling units and their placement next to, above, or
below each other. “Single-family detached” and
“multifamily attached” are examples of residential
building types. Basic residential building types are
described elsewhere in more detail in this section of
this book.
Style
Style refers to the architectural design of the dwelling
unit. It is a subjective and qualitative attribute.
“Contemporary,” “colonial,” and “prairie,” for example,
are styles.
Density
Density refers to the number of housing units per area
of land. The most common measure of residential
density is dwelling units per acre (du/ac). Particularly
for dense urban projects, density may be measured
in floor-area ratio (FAR), which is the ratio of the gross
building floor area to the net lot area of the building
site. Density is commonly tied to location: densities
are typically lower the further one moves from the city
center. However, there are often variations in this
pattern. New trends, for example, have seen relatively
low-density urban infill projects replace obsolete
higher-density multifamily housing, and relatively
high-density, transit-based projects replacing large-
lot residential development in the suburbs.
Project Size
Project size refers to the land area of the project. This
can range from a single-lot, 2,000-square-foot urban
infill project to a 3,000-acre new community. Planners
and designers must be conversant with the basic
requirements of differing sizes of development.
Location
Location refers to the context of the project. This can
range from rural greenfield sites to projects in
established suburbs. It can also include urban
brownfield sites, projects in well-established transit-
based communities, and urban high-rises in a city
center.
RESIDENTIAL TYPES:
Residential types can be classified into five basic
categories:
1. Single-family detached. Single-family
detached dwelling units are physically
separated from the units immediately
adjacent to them.
2. Single-family attached. Single-family
attached dwelling units share common walls
with units laterally adjacent to them.
3. Multifamily low-rise. Multifamily low-rise
developments have dwelling units that share
common walls with the units that are laterally
and vertically adjacent. They typically range
from two to four levels in height, with multiple
service cores and either structured or surface
parking.
4. Multifamily mid-rise. Multifamily mid-rise
dwelling units share common walls with the
units that are laterally and vertically adjacent.
They are generally 5 to 12 levels in height,
with a common core. They sometimes
include structured parking.
5. Multifamily high-rise. Multifamily high-rise
dwelling units share common walls with the
units that are laterally and vertically adjacent.
They are generally 12 to 50 or more levels in
height, with a common core, and often
include structured parking.
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 abut each other at the sides, as in a row, and are
separated from each other by party walls; provided
with independent access, and use of land. There
B.2 LOCAL SCENE shall be a maximum of 20 units per block or cluster
but in no case shall this be beyond 100 meters in
RESIDENTIAL TYPES: length.

Single Detached Single-family dwelling

– a dwelling for 1 family which is completely – shall mean single family per lot.
surrounded by permanent open spaces, with
independent access, services, and use of land. Multi Family Dwelling
Duplex/Single Attached

– a dwelling on 1 lot containing separate living units

for 3 or more families, usually provided with common
access, services and use of land.
- a dwelling containing 2 or more separate living units
each of which is separated from another by party or Cluster Housing
lot lines walls and provided with independent access,
services, and use of land. Such dwelling shall include
duplexes, quadruplex or terraces, and cluster
housing.

Row house

- single-family detached dwelling unit containing three

or more separate living units grouped closely together
to form relatively compact structures.
- a single-attached dwelling containing 3 or more
separate living units designed in such a way that they

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 square footage, but it is not uncommon to see very
Economic Housing large bungalows. Bungalows were originally
designed to provide affordable, modern housing for
the working class.

Townhouse

- a type of housing project provided to average

income families.

Socialized Housing
-as used in North America, Asia, Australia, South
Africa, and parts of Europe, is a type of terraced
housing. A modern town house is often one with a
small footprint on multiple floors. In the
suburbs, townhouses are often uniform homes built in
a distinct community that may have its own
homeowners' association.

Farmhouse

- refers to housing programs and projects covering

houses and lots and homelots only undertaken by the
government or the private sector for the
underprivileged and homeless citizens which shall
include sites and services development, long term
financing, liberalized terms on interest payments, and
such other benefits in accordance with the provisions
of R.A. 7279 or the urban development and housing
act of 1992.
-is a building that serves as the primary residence in
Other Known Types a rural or agricultural setting. Historically, farmhouses
were often combined with space for animals called a
Bungalow house barn.

Mansion

- A bungalow is a one-story house, cottage or

cabin. Bungalows are generally small in terms of

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 -is a large dwelling house. The word itself derives
through Old French from the Latin word mansio
-A condominium is a large property complex divided
"dwelling", an abstract noun derived from the verb
into individual units and sold. Ownership usually
manere "to dwell". The English word manse originally
includes a nonexclusive interest in certain
defined a property large enough for the parish priest
"community property" controlled by the condominium
to maintain himself, but a mansion is no longer self- management.
sustaining in this way (compare a Roman or
medieval villa). Manor comes from the same root—
territorial holdings granted to a lord who would
"remain" there.
SUMMARY
Ancestral House/mansion
Let us see if you can remember the main points
raised in this lesson. Below is a summary of these
points:

In the Philippines there are basically six types of

housing units defined by BP 220 and PD957 namely:

- Single detached
- Duplex or single attached
- Single family dweling
-are homes owned and preserved by the same family - Muti-family dwelling
for several generations as part of the Filipino family - Rowhouse
culture. It corresponds to long tradition by Filipino - Cluster Housing
people of venerating Ancestors and Elders. Houses
could be a simple house to a mansion. Other types of Housing units found in the Phil.
are:
Apartment /Apartment Block
- Bungalow
- Townhouse
- Farmhouse
- Mansion
- Ancestral House
- Apartment
- Condominium

LEARNING ACTIVITY 1
-An apartment, or flat, is a self-contained housing unit
that occupies only part of a building, generally on a Home reading assignment on: “THEORIES IN
single storey. There are many names for these overall HOUSING”
buildings, see below.

Condominium
REFERENCES
Ching, Francis D.K. (1995). A Visual Dictionary of
Architecture. John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

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Steiner, Frederick R and Butler, Kent (2007).
Planning and Urban Design Standards
Student Edition. John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

IRR of 2008 BP 220

www.Wikipedia.com

Prepared by:

ARCH. ALBERT T. PASCUA, UAP, MMEnP

Faculty, College of Engineering and Architecture

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