LITECTURE REVIEW

ON
HOUSING DESIGN

Prepared By
Sujan Pokhrel
A17/26
 Housing Design
• A third type of domestic architecture accommodates the group rather than the
unit and is therefore public as well as private.
• familiar through the widespread development of mass housing
• Housing is produced by many kinds of cultures:
• by communal states to equalize living standards
• by feudal or caste systems to bring together members of a class

Types
• SINGLE DETACHED
• DUPLEX
• TRIPLEX
• VILLAS
• BUNGLOWS
• STACKED ROWHOUSE
• STUDIO APARTMENT
• LOW – RISE APARTMENT
• MID – RISE APARTMENT
LIVING ROOM
• should include adequate floor and
wall space for furniture groupings,
separation of traffic ways from
centers of activity, and ease of
access to furniture and windows.
• South orientation is preferable
• Each living unit should contain
space for the purpose of dining .
This area may be combined with
the living room or kitchen, or may
be a separate room .

ITEM DIMENSION
AREA 17’*15’
SOFA 7’*2’-6”
TABLE 4’*3’
Dinning
• Should South oriented
• Space for accommodating the following sizes of
tables and chairs in the dining area should be
provided, according to the intended occupancy,
as shown :

PERSON DIMENSION OF TOTAL

TABLE ROOM AREA
4 2’-6” *3’-2” 126
6 3’-4” *4’or 4’round 147
8 3’- 4” *6’ or 4’ *4’ 168
10 3’-4” * 8’ or 4’*6’ 189
12 4’ * 8’ 210
• Dining chairs . 1’- 6” * 1’-6”
Kitchen And Store
•North-East oriented
•Semi private area
•The size of the kitchen should be determined by the number of bedrooms provided in the dewing
unit . Work centers for the following equipment, cabinets, and space for their use should be
provided :
1 . Range space with base and wall cabinet at one side for serving and storage of
utensils and tables.
2. Sink and base cabinet with counter space on each side for cleanup. Wall
cabinets for storage of dinnerware .
3. Refrigerator space with counter space at latch side of the refrigerator door.
4 . Mixing counter and base cabinet for electrical appliances and utensil storage.
Wall cabinet for staple storage.
 Item Dimension
Master Bedroom
• South oriented
bed 76 x 80
• Private spaces dressing 20 x 42
• Activities sleeping dressing hobbies washroom 63 x 84
exercising Bathtube 60 x 36
• Area required around 300 sq. ft. to 350 sq. ft.
basin 19 to 24 x 16 to 23 
• 18” between side of bed
• Usually bigger than other bed room
Bedroom
• The minimum window area should
be 1:10th of the floor area.
• In bedrooms 9.5 cubic meter per
adult and 5.5cubic meter per child
space should be available .
• Should get ampled light in case of
kids and old people room

Items Dimensions
Area 12’ *10’
Bed 5’*6’6”
Wardrobe 4’-6”*2’*6’
Lounge 2’-6”*5’
Study room
• Place for reading book
• Size 10’*10’

Washroom
• Bath and WC (combined): 6’X 6’to
6’X8’
• North oriented
• Wall and floors mounted by tiles and
other stone
Puja Room
• North east direction
• Should well ventilated
• Lower ceiling

Utility room
• Room equipped with appliance for
washing and other domestic uses
• Area 7’*6’

Apartment size
 Studio apartment
3 BHK apartment
• Entry And Accessibility
• Standards Building entries are to:
(a) reinforce a desirable pattern of entries along a street frontage;
(b) be clearly visible from streets or internal driveways so that
(c) visitors can easily identify an individual apartment;
(d) provide a sense of address, shelter and transitional space around the entry;
and
(e) contribute to security
Internal Common Areas, Circulation Areas & Apartment
Entries
• A common lobby area with a dimension of 2 m in any
direction outside a lift or main staircase (not applicable to a
fire stair which is in addition to a lift or a main stair access);
• Up to 4 m corridor length from common lobby = 1.5 m width;

• Up to 8 m corridor length from common lobby = 1.8 m width

• Greater than 8 m corridor length from common lobby = 2.0 m
width.

Natural Ventilation and Daylight

• important aspect of apartment design because it ensures regular exchange of fresh
air which is essential for maintaining comfortable living environment.
• Room depth from window is between 6 m to 9 m = minimum ceiling height 2.7 m

• Room depths from window is greater than 9 m = minimum ceiling height 3.0 m

• Any building opposite a window to a habitable

room is limited in height by a plane projected
at 600 above horizontal from 750 mm above
the floor level at the window for a lateral distance
defined by a 600 arc from the centre of the window.
Visual Privacy
• Windows and balconies of an upper floor
level apartment are to be designed to
prevent overlooking of more than 50% of
the private open space of a lower floor
level apartment, either within the same
development or adjoining development.
• screening zone between different
apartments is determined by a 9 m
horizontal distance from the outer edge
of a window to a habitable room or
balcony within a 45 degree angle. Any
windows to habitable rooms/balconies
within this zone shall be designed to
prevent direct views between the two
areas.
Acoustic Privacy
• Apartments near commercial activities should be designed with regard to the
potential noise from those activities by locating noise-sensitive sleeping and
living areas and private open spaces away from the noise source and by
incorporating appropriate noise reduction measures in the external walls of
the building.
Staircase
Commonly used
staircase in resident are

For resident For apartment

width= 3’- 3” width= 1.2m
tread= 12” tread= 8”-12”
rise= 7” rise= 6”
For all buildings above 500sq.m in plinth area there shall be at least two staircases.
Additional exit route shall be provided for every 500sq.m of plinth area there on

Exit for apartment Number of Occupants per 500mm width

Building Stairways* Doorways /
Type (occupants) Passages
• The maximum travel distance
Apartments 25 75
on the floor to exits shall not
Other 25 75
exceed 30 m for all types of buildings. Residential
Common area
• Common open spaces are to be not less than 20% of the total site area

• Ensure sufficient deep soil zones are provided within the common open
space to enable the establishment and healthy growth of deeprooted plants
into natural subsoils.
Fire safety
Parking
It is the act of stopping a vehicle and leaving it
unoccupied for more than a brief time.
• The ramp angle must not excreed 7 degrees
• 90 degree parking gives best economy for
single parking
• Location : where it is easier and safe.
• Most common types of parking are angel
parking ,perpendicular parking and parallel
parking.
• No of vehicle parking space can be
differentiated on the basis of flow of people.

item Parking req

Car 8’*14’
Bike 3’*7’
Multipurpose hall
• Place where different function program
held
• Provision of lighting acoustic wall
soundproofing thermal proofing should be
provided
• An area of atleast 0.5 sq m is to be used
for seating.
• 1m width per 150 people (minimum width
0.8m)
 Yoga hall
• Yoga mat distance in 2.54 feet to 3 feet
• Yoga mat size 24 in by 68 in
• The optical tempr to maintain inside the studio
is 16 to 18 degree celsius
• Noise rate NR35 or below

Type of Storage Area

space
Group of 10- Mat ,ball 20’*20’
20 ,dressing
room,audio
visual system
Group up to 25’*25’
30 or
25’*30’
”
Reception and waiting area
•  to greet all visitors and to provide a waiting area
• 20 square feet (1.89 sq. m) per person when
seated in small chairs with an 80 square feet (7.43
sq. m) minimum altogether.
• contain information desk and sofa

Community office
• Place for community work and keep files
• Size 10’*12’
Washroom for community block
Outdoor functional spaces
• The spaces outside the multipurpose hall
can be used as landscaping to properly
utilized the spaces
• It may contain fountain parks pathway
playing area

Swimming
•  the typical length-to-width ratio is 2-to-1
• For 12 people 7m*14m or 11m dia in
round
Guard house
• Located at the entrance
• 8’ x 10’ x 9’ (w x l x h)
• 10’*24’
Children playing area
• Play area must be varied, changing and changeable.
• They must need children’s need.
Requirement of play areas
• Traffic safety
• No pollution
• Adequate sunshine
• Ground water table not to high
Guidelines for planning playgrounds:
• Age group
• Usable space per person
• Play area size
• Distance from dwellings ecetra

• 1-4=3.8m2
• 4-8=4.4
• 8 above=7
Jogging trails
• Path for waking or runing
• It is made around the park
• Clearance height 10’
Park
• Containing hard and soft surface
• Place for relaxing and playing
• storm water absober

Pathway
• The morefrequent a walkway is used wider
it should be
• Lead from the front door to the street should
be wide enough to accommodate frequent
traffic
• A path to accommodate two people walking
side by side should be 48 inc inc
Service area