1. Transitional and
Low Cost
Housing
Villages
Giving Dignity to the People

2. What is a Transitional Village
 A temporary place
to stay while waiting
for more permanent
accommodation
 A place to stay
which is water
proof, warm and
comfortable
 24 houses in each
village

3. Houses on Steep Slopes (1:3)

4. Site Plan

5. What does a Transitional
Village have in it
 24 x 12m 2 Foldaway
House, erected in just 2
minutes
 Communal ablutions
(male &female)
 Waste recycling facility
 Communal enviro
laundry
 2000m 2 organic garden
 Grey water storage
system
 Solar path lights

6. What does the house look like
 Foldaway house of
12 m 2
 10Watt Solar lighting
system with 3 LED
lights
 Has own raised
wooden floor to
keep out the damp
and cold
 Erected in just 2
minutes

7. What does the Ablutions look
like
 Separate units Male
& Female
 6x hot water showers
 6x Toilets (flushing)
 6x basins
 Solar hot water
geysers (2x250L)
 Changing area
 Solar lighting 12v
 Grey water
harvesting & storage
for gardens

8. What does the Recycling
Centre look like
 50 m 2 shelter with
concrete floor
 All waste is collected in
trolleys and deposited
here
 Separated and non
recyclable remove to
landfill
 Recyclables are stored
in large PP bags and
sold for revenue

9. What does the Enviro Laundry
look like
 50 m 2 shelter with
concrete floor
 12x basin for cloths
washing
 Solar hot water
geyser
 Washing lines
 Grey water
harvesting into tank
and used in the
gardens

10. What does the Permaculture
Gardens look like
 2000 m 2 Fenced garden
area
 Uses all the phosphate rich
grey water from ablutions
 Fruit
trees, vegetables, herbs all
organically grown
 Doesn’t matter how long
community stay at a place
they will plant a garden for
survival

11. The Foldaway House

12. How is the Foldaway House Built

13. Conclusion
 This village caters
for short to medium
term occupancy, it
is comfortable and
humane.
Addressing the
basic needs of
people, dry, warm
lighting and
security.