Dwelling

when considering density, and about how to measure it. This design brief outlines a number of general considerations in measuring density and then proposes twenty measures that quantify different aspects of place such as residential population and dwelling density, and the intensity of building on a site. Some of the measures are easy to use in practice,…

inferences one can draw from the frugal lives of the slums and its dwellers. 2. Lessons learnt from the idea of frugality in Slums The amount of learnings one can deduce from these dwellings are enormous, given the fact, they are considered problems to begin with. One should try to understand that these dwellings are homes to the people comprising the base of the economic Pyramid, and on this sound foundation rests the entire economic development cycle. Prof. Akhtar Chauhan, published an…

how those places affect the people who live there. Kamo no Chōmei uses the metaphor of people and their dwellings to aid his argument of impermanence. Dwellings serve as a major theme in Kamo no Chōmei’s Hōjōki. He uses them as an extended metaphor for people, and the impermanence of both is mentioned often. The metaphor is set up with the phrase: “So, too, it is with the people and dwellings of the world” (Shirane, 624). He describes the houses in the capital as outwardly appearing radiant and…

that Keats cultivates the silent grounds of his sanctuary for Psyche, with everything that “the gardener Fancy e’er could feign” (62). In his discussion on Hölderlin, Heidegger reminds us that the poetic is not “merely an ornament and bonus added to dwelling” – but its simultaneous goal and condition. As the appeal to “poesy” in “Sleep and Poetry” tells us, its “sanctuary” carries the promise of “clear air, / Smoothed from intoxication by the breath / Of flowering bays” (56–58). In Endymion, we…

The ability for an increased diversity to influence affordability has also been a theme of this work. The consolidation of cites has been regarded as key to overcoming some issues of housing affordability \cite{yates_rhetoric_2001}. Particular the spatial inequality highlighted by many. Kelly and Donegan \cite*{kelly_city_2015} for example, noted individual examples and by Watling and Taylor \cite*{taylor_long_2011} who emphasised the increasing outward movement of relatively affordable housing…

who are promoting the concept of building the granny flats on the back of suburban homes. There are clients who wish to buy a property and build a granny flat in order to increase the cash flow. These flats are becoming very popular as secondary dwellings. They aim to boost the housing that is affordable including land as well as plots. These flats are best for interior locations and may be the investors are not well informed. They can be used as a rental property for investment. The flats are…

the layout and function of the various kinds of dwellings used by the Ancient Romans in the cities and countryside. If there was any society that regarded classes to differentiate the status of citizens, that society finds its perfect place among the ancient Romans. These classes similarly manifest in the Roman dwelling places. Apparently, there were several kinds of dwellings used by the ancient Romans in the cities and country side. The dwelling place was an important part of the dynamics of…

built not only because of the climate or need of shelter. Vernacular dwelling is a result of the “complex relationship between man and the sum of his cultural value-system and the environment he exists…

Many scientists and political leaders have constantly questioned the theory of evolution and how it has no significant value. But how can evolution be wrong when there is scientific evidence supporting it? Evolution is the theory that all things evolved from a common ancestor, and you can show that with fossils. Fossils will allow you to see the common ancestry between certain species with transitioning fossils. Some people believe or argue that the universe and life originated “from specific…

Roman Domas These town homes ranged from small single room dwellings to one with multiple rooms that could cover an entire city block. These were places of rest, leisure, and work, occasionally large enough to hold both extended families and their domestic slaves (Fife, 2012). A common feature was a central atrium where inward sloping roofs poured rainwater through a central square hole into a basin (impluvium) for storage. (Kamm, 2003). Roman Domas (Fife, 2012) Tenements Roman cities…