This document discusses low cost housing and provides information on various aspects related to it. It defines low cost housing as a concept that deals with effective budgeting and use of locally available materials and improved skills/technology to reduce construction costs without compromising quality. It notes that there is a large shortage of housing in India, especially for economically weaker sections, and that low cost housing can help address this issue. It identifies the main areas of building costs as materials and labor, and discusses various techniques to reduce costs, such as using thinner walls, locally available materials, recycled materials, extensive planning, and modular construction.

1. LITRATURE STUDY
LOW COST HOUSING
GROUP 6
SRINIVAS SCHOOL OF ARCHITECT
MANGLORE

2. What is low cost housing ??
 Low Cost Housing is a new concept which deals with effective
budgeting and following of techniques which help in reducing the
cost construction through the use of locally available materials
along with improved skills and technology without sacrificing the
strength, performance and life of the structure.
 There is huge misconception that low cost housing is suitable for
only sub standard works and they are constructed by utilizing
cheap building materials of low quality
 The fact is that Low cost housing is done by proper management
of resources.Economy is also achieved by postponing finishing
works or implementing them in phases.

3. Why do we need low cost
housing
 Housing is one of the basic need of an individual and not
all of them do have shelter for their survival.
 In India alone around 27 million units of housing has been
traced to be in shortage.
 In depth maximum of the population who lack housing are
the economically weaker sections and the middle class.
 There is a dire need for the country to patch up this
large population.
 If we fail to manage with housing and shelter within this
population, the shortage is sure to increase to 38 million
units by 2030. that is a radical change .
 Though providing shelter to millions is a pretty tough and a
huge task, there should be a remedy for this solution!
 And one of the remedy is Low cost housing.

4. Building cost
 The building construction cost can be divided into two parts
namely:
 Building material cost : 65 to 70 %
 Labour cost : 65 to 70 %
 Now in low cost housing, building material cost is less because
we make use of the locally available materials
 The labour cost can be reduced by properly making the time
schedule of our work.
 Cost of reduction is achieved by selection of more efficient
material or by an improved design.

5. Areas from where cost can be
reduced are ;
 Reduce plinth area by using thinner wall concept.Ex.15 cms thick
solid concrete block wall.
 Use locally available material in an innovative form like soil
cement blocks in place of burnt brick.
 Use energy efficiency materials which consumes less energy
like concrete block in place of burnt brick.
 Use environmentally friendly materials which are substitute for
conventional building components like use R.C.C. Door and
window frames in place of wooden frames.
 Preplan every component of a house and rationalize the design
procedure for reducing the size of the component in the building.
 By planning each and every component of a house the wastage
of materials due to demolition of the unplanned component of the
house can be avoided.
 Each component of the house shall be checked whether if it’s
necessary, if it is not necessary, then that component should not
be used.

6. Different type of building techniques
are;
 Recycling ; recycled materials adopted for low cost housing
include wood and rubber that are previously been used.
These recycled materials are often less expensive than usually
fully natural products.
 Extensive planning; In extensive planning ,the more planning
into a house ,the less the actua l construction will cost .
 Modular planning; Modular building is a type of construction
where pieces of the home or typically whole rooms or major
parts of rooms are uilt off site in large factories
 Infilling; Infilling is the practice of going back through residential
areas and building in area that had previously been left empty.