5 Sections
25 Lessons
4 Hours
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1. Understanding the Type
5
1.1
What mass housing really has to do
1.2
How the design of mass housing evolved
1.3
Who uses mass housing, and what each user needs
1.4
The unit plan and the access system: the central design problem
1.5
What separates a good one from a bad one
2. Brief, Programme and Areas
5
2.1
Writing the brief with the client
2.2
The area programme explained
2.3
Units per hectare and plot ratio: the benchmarks that matter
2.4
Adjacency and the bubble diagram
2.5
What clients get wrong at brief stage
3. Planning and Circulation
5
3.1
Site selection, orientation and access
3.2
Zoning: public, private and back-of-house
3.3
Circulation and the movement diagram
3.4
Cores, grids and structural discipline
3.5
Planning The unit plan and the access system in detail
4. Codes, Comfort and Systems
5
4.1
The regulations that shape mass housing
4.2
Daylight, ventilation and means of escape in practice
4.3
Accessibility and inclusive design
4.4
Servicing: MEP, plant and risers
4.5
Daylight, acoustics and thermal comfort
5. Getting It Built and Judged
5
5.1
Structure and materials for mass housing
5.2
Cost drivers and value-engineering traps
5.3
Operations: how mass housing works on day 3,000
5.4
Case studies: Quinta Monroy by Elemental, Byker Wall by Ralph Erskine and Aranya Housing, Indore by B.V. Doshi
5.5
The design checklist for mass housing
How to Design Mass Housing
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