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Utopia versus affordable housing?

Considering the current globalisation, universal capitalism, the forces of the market, and so many other related issues is this still possible to create a utopia that contributes to the evolution of community/modern men? rather than proposing tiny houses and weak housing proposals for different societies. Or, one needs to understand that utopia has been an imaginary concept, and could not be transferred to something real.

I wanted to write a full blog article or even a paper on this topic one day, but I just have had too much else on my plate. So instead, I think I'll ask the RG community to discuss the topic.

With the invention of social media and cell phones, we have lost a great deal of privacy. Or have we? Is privacy something that humans have had for a long time or is it just a modern luxury? Consider that most people have their own apartments or houses, and in those apartments and houses, most people have their own rooms. In a lot of societies, there is far less room to live, and a lot of people are often crowded together.

Or how about taking a bath? For most of the modern world, the idea of taking a bath with a stranger is just absurd. And yet, up until recently, there would have been no way for the average person to afford their own bath, and public bath houses were the norm. In Japan, bath houses are still quite popular, though I imagine that they're on the decline to an extent.

But of course, until recently, the only ones who knew your business were you and your close friends and relatives, right? I don't think so. Local communities have always been tight knit, and I think that people in those communities knew next to everything about each other. The only thing that has changed, perhaps, is the distance that this information has spread.

Dear all,

I will be glad to have your comments on my research title and area of study whether it is too general or vague. Basically, what I have in mind is to study the current "in-efficient", "sub-standard" and traditional construction practices in Kabul, comparatively check it with MMC and point out the merits of using MMC and its suitability for a sustainable public housing.

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Hello all,

Can you please provide some articles on soviet society? Housing, food ratio, salaries... whatever domain is fine. Also I would need some help with a few specific question. So if you are willing to help me, please add a reply.

Thank you!

I am from India. I am an architecture student lives in Varanasi. Here the most of the population is dwelling in plotted residential housings which costs from 1K-3K per sqft and most of the plot sizes are ranging from 1800 - 2100 sqft. For better understanding of context, people and their budget, I am sharing the land rate and plot sizes. Courtyards are not affordable for this bigger part of Modern City's population. I want to know how can a middle class person can afford the benefits of courtyards which was free of cost in their ancestral period in villages or suburban areas.

As of April 11, 2022, more than 37 million square meters of housing have been destroyed in Ukraine. More than 1.6 million residents are in urgent need of a housing solution.

What do you think is more appropriate:

1. construction of temporary cheap housing to urgently resolve the issue, followed by the formation of a modern comfortable living environment in the cleared areas;

or

2. immediately build modern comfortable residential buildings but for a longer period of time

I am looking for feedback on significant publications (environmental psychology, urban design, architecture and planning) since 2000, that could be used as directives.

 

In reference of recent "Jammu and Kashmir Flood"-

As modern R.C.C. Construction is dangerous for Hill area and regions near and on Himalayas it is in range of "Young mountains" and "Earthquake prone zone"

Old system of "wooden made houses" like in Switzerland is better i guess !! R.C.C. Constructed houses are more prone to earthquakes in respect of vulnerability specially in high mountain ranges where earthquake prone zone as houses made in wood is safe against these weak and fragile land compare to R.C.C houses.

please share your valuable views and ideas

Thank you all here!

While modern research explains that it is enhanced Green House Gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere that is responsible for most climate-related issues, do we justify the contribution of ozone layer depletion also as a contributing factor to climate change?