This document describes the design of an alternative cost-effective housing village concept. The village consists of 24 semi-detached houses, communal ablutions with hot showers and toilets, an environmental laundry, recreation area, food gardens, waste recycling center, and solar power. The design includes harvesting greywater and stormwater for gardens. Diagrams show the site plan, house designs, and what the ablutions, recycling center, laundry, and permaculture garden would look like. The conclusion states that this village concept addresses basic human needs in a comfortable and humane way.

1. Alternative Cost
Effective Housing-
Village Concept
Giving Dignity to the People

2. What’s in a Village
 24 semi-detached houses in each village (24x 40m2)
 Communal ablutions
 Communal enviro Laundry
 Communal recreation area for the children
 Communal food gardens
 Waste recycling centre
 Solar PV for all houses, street lights, ablutions
 Solar hot water
 Grey water harvesting
 Natural storm water management system and
storage

3. Site Plan

4. Houses on Steep Slopes (1:3)

5. House Design

6. Side Views on Village

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
Garden 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. Another Option for Cost
Effective houses -The 2 minute
Foldaway House

12. How is the Foldaway House Built

13. Conclusion
 This village caters for
medium to long term
occupancy, it is
comfortable and
humane. Addressing the
basic needs of people:-
Hot water, dry
accommodation, Solar
lighting, flushing toilets,
food security, clean
environment and security.