B HOUSES & HOMES IN PAKISTAN

DISCOVERY CENTRE SMARTSCHOOL Karachi, Pakistan Prepared by: Students of Grade 7 Submitted to: Ms.Felicity Wilson & her class

DISCOVERY CENTRE SMARTSCHOOL

Karachi, Pakistan

Prepared by:

Students of Grade 7

Submitted to:

Ms.Felicity Wilson & her class

Our country Pakistan has many different forms of land from flat grass lands to mountains to empty deserts to the crowded cities each form of land requires different houses & homes. introduction

Our country Pakistan has many different forms of land from flat grass lands to mountains to empty deserts to the crowded cities each form of land requires different houses & homes.

Comparing Architecture Made of concrete & iron bars Made in cities Built for luxury Has indoor pluming Has multiple rooms Made of mud brick & straw Made In villages Built for sustaining life for the poor Has no pluming Has only one room Urban Rural

Made of concrete & iron bars

Made in cities

Built for luxury

Has indoor pluming

Has multiple rooms

Made of mud brick & straw

Made In villages

Built for sustaining life for the poor

Has no pluming

Has only one room

Urban Architecture Pakistani urban houses have been known to be well built Ever since the devastating earth quake in 2006 we have been using the latest and most advanced technology in the construction world

Pakistani urban houses have been known to be well built

Ever since the devastating earth quake in 2006 we have been using the latest and most advanced technology in the construction world

URBAN HOUSES

Urban houses The urban houses are much more developed than the rural. They have more facilities, rooms, the style of roofs is developed and much more. They are spacious houses made on land area of usually 500, 1000, 2000 yards. The individual houses have their own boundary walls.

The urban houses are much more developed than the rural. They have more facilities, rooms, the style of roofs is developed and much more.

They are spacious houses made on land area of usually 500, 1000, 2000 yards.

The individual houses have their own boundary walls.

Building materials They are cemented. They are built with different materials such as: cement, blocks of concrete red brick blocks that are already colored and they need not to be painted

They are cemented. They are built with different materials such as:

cement,

blocks of concrete

red brick blocks that are already colored and they need not to be painted

The style of roofs Most of the roofs are flat while some are tilted. There are some houses with verandas (large balcony), some without it.

Most of the roofs are flat while some are tilted.

There are some houses with verandas (large balcony), some without it.

The most commonly used rooms The most commonly used rooms are living room, bed rooms and kitchen.

The most commonly used rooms are living room, bed rooms and kitchen.

Gardens The gardens are beautiful and filled with flowers. Palm trees, coconut trees, roses, fruit plants like mangoes etc. There are also gardens with less plantation.

The gardens are beautiful and filled with flowers.

Palm trees, coconut trees, roses, fruit plants like mangoes etc.

There are also gardens with less plantation.

General facilities General facilities of urban houses are: Electricity Tap water Electrical appliances like: Refrigerators Laptops Televisions.

General facilities of urban houses are:

Electricity

Tap water

Electrical appliances like:

Refrigerators

Laptops

Televisions.

RURAL HOUSES

Rural Architecture Pakistan's huts are usually inhabited by poor farmers who cant afford proper homes Their huts are usually made of mud, straw & twigs Pakistani huts consist of only one room

Pakistan's huts are usually inhabited by poor farmers who cant afford proper homes

Their huts are usually made of mud, straw & twigs

Pakistani huts consist of only one room

Rural Houses Rural houses are the houses in the village sides. Following is some information about their: Building materials The style of roofs Most commonly used rooms Types of gardens General facilities.

Rural houses are the houses in the village sides. Following is some information about their:

Building materials

The style of roofs

Most commonly used rooms

Types of gardens

General facilities.

Building Materials Mud:- The houses in villages are not cemented and are made out of mud. Terracotta:- They are also made out of a clay that is called as terracotta.

Mud:-

The houses in villages are not cemented and are made out of mud.

Terracotta:-

They are also made out of a clay that is called as terracotta.

The style of roofs Straws:- Some of the roofs in the rural areas are made out of straws that fall of when it rains. Coconut leaves:- some of the roofs of the rural houses are made out of coconut leaves that are very easy to find and are very cheap.

Straws:-

Some of the roofs in the rural areas are made out of straws that fall of when it rains.

Coconut leaves:-

some of the roofs of the rural houses are made out of coconut leaves that are very easy to find and are very cheap.

Most Commonly Used Rooms They have very few rooms as compare to the urban ones. So all the family gets together in one small room. The rooms are very simple and bare.

They have very few rooms as compare to the urban ones.

So all the family gets together in one small room.

The rooms are very simple and bare.

Gardens Vegetable gardens:- They don’t exactly have gardens but there are mostly the farmers living so they live near the huge areas where they can easily plant there crops as Pakistan is an agricultural country.

Vegetable gardens:-

They don’t exactly have gardens but there are mostly the farmers living so they live near the huge areas where they can easily plant there crops as Pakistan is an agricultural country.

General facilities Animals:- They keep farm animals as their pets so that they can get milk and meat from them and they use to sell that milk so that they can get money from that and feed their family. Very few general facilities, they live a simple life Many areas are without electricity & tap water, they draw water from wells

Animals:-

They keep farm animals as their pets so that they can get milk and meat from them and they use to sell that milk so that they can get money from that and feed their family.

Very few general facilities, they live a simple life

Many areas are without electricity & tap water, they draw water from wells

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