NOVEL MODEL FOR RURAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT

Aravind Kumar R, Arvind Vasudevan, Annapurna Ayyappan, Aman Gaur

Abstract: It was once said, that a man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it. It underlines the basic need for every individual to have a roof above his head. The Indian growth story has caught the imagination of the entire world, as a sleeping giant awakens from its slumber. But the ground reality in the 9th richest country of the world, paints a different picture. 70% of the country’s population lives in rural villages, and there are 78 million homeless people despite the country’s growing economic stature. It becomes the duty of the nation to provide affordable and practical housing to its most important resource, its human capital. The main aim of this paper is to investigate on process and materials that provide affordable, efficient housing to the homeless of the country. It explores the possibilities of using low-cost substitutes to conventional building materials. It further attempts to enhance the living conditions in rural regions by developing alternate methods of generating electricity, smart roof structure to provide ambient light and a comprehensive business model to carry out implementation of such a project on a large scale. The housing technique discussed by this paper addresses the above issues by putting forward a blueprint for building a cleaner, brighter and prosperous tomorrow

Keywords: Rural, Rural Housing, Smart Roof, and Alternate materials

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2014.0311010