Cost effective housing with modular forms

Abstract

It is a significant challenge to provide houses meeting certain basic standard to majority of the population, especially those who would not be able to raise sufficient funds for construction activities. For such segment of the society, various government sponsored schemes can be carried out generally with emphasis on multi storey blocks when dealing with cities. However, providing houses for rural population would need houses that could be constructed in a cost effective manner with least impact on environment. This research describes such a solution developed with housing consisting of a modular arrangement and also constructed with alternative building materials and methods.