To be an affordable healthy house, case study Medan

Friendly City 4 'From Research to Implementation For Better Sustainability'

地球科学;经济学

Silitonga, Shanty^1

Architecture Department, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Katolik Santo Thomas, Medan, Indonesia^1

关键词: Design recommendations;    Healthy house;    Human lives;    Indonesia;    Low incomes;    Physical conditions;    Quality of life;    research methods;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/126/1/012161/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/126/1/012161

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

House has a paramount meaning in human life. Provision of adequate housing will be able to improve the quality of life. Provision of an affordable house is a major step to fulfilling the needs of houses in the big city. Medan has built a lot of affordable houses, and mostly it takes place in the suburbs. Although the affordable house is for low-income people, it must be worthy of its physical condition, affordable in the budget and healthy for its users. House often saw only as physical alone, the provision of a house only to achieve solely in quantity regardless its quality. This study aims to examine the condition of affordable houses in the suburbs of Medan. The research method used qualitative descriptive, using indicator according to affordable healthy house standard according to the regulation in Indonesia and other related theories. This study took place in Medan by taking three areas in the suburbs of Medan. The results show that most affordable houses in the suburbs of Medan are unhealthy. There are several design recommendations for the houses to meet the affordable healthy house category; the most important is the addition of ventilation and window holes.