Housing is a basic element in the structure of our society. The home has a great impact on the growing child an impact unquestionably more important than that of the school. The physical home can provide privacy and intimacy, can encourage exploration, self determination, and creativity, and can help to develop emotional harmony and love of beauty. A well designed house will never be a substitute for vitally concerned parents, but it can provide the right things to happen. The two room dwelling is an ideal place in which to raise a family. But what is the real significance need of the two room dwelling unit and how should it relate to the neighborhood and the community.
Analysis parameters
1. SPATIAL ORGANIZATION OF ROOMS –
There are various patterns possible in designing these small dwelling units. It is important to have an efficient organization of all the rooms in order to achieve better functioning model, where space is a constraint. Ineffective placement of rooms can result in extra floor space in circulation.
I. ENTRANCE
There are three approaches in designing the entrance of any apartment. Assuming that majority of apartment opens in common area/living area.
a. Directly entering in the living area
i. For a small apartment, this approach is economical, as this doesn’t waste any floor space in the transition from lobby area to living area. ii. No extra circulation space is required iii. All other rooms open directly to the living room; making it more of an open layout with lesser walls iv. There is no buffer between the family space to neighborhood space other than the door
b. Entering the living area through a hallway
i. This hallway works as a buffer between neighborhood and family space ii. It is usually a narro...
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...y) and also for maximum storage, the longer wall of the bedroom should have the storage cabinet of standard 60cm deep, running on its entire length and height (so as to avoid negative unusable spaces on its edges).
v. Considering these standards with bedside circulation of 60 cm, optimum size of efficient master bedroom can be worked out, i.e., 3.13m × 3.63m or 11.362 square meters. vi. So, it could be said that :
a. Up to 11.5 sq. m. can be considered as optimum space for master bedroom
b. Whereas from 11.5 square meters to 12.5 sq. m., in case of having 75cm of circulation space to be favorable but not that efficient space.
c. Whereas anything above 12.5 sq. m to be unfavorable for spatial efficiency.
II. BEDROOM
i. This bedroom can be occupied by one or more individual closely related but might or might not be a couple. ii. This is secondary bedroom of the house.
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