Prefabrication Technique for Low Cost Housing in Assam

9 pages•Published: October 23, 2017

Arup Deka, Hemanta Doloi and Robert Crawford

Abstract

The housing Pattern of North Eastern part of India can be categorized in three different types. The old primitive type of housing known as Assam type houses are predominant in the North-eastern region. These are mostly residential houses maximum upto single story. The house is generally made of timber. The vertical Post, roofing are made of wood, bamboo supported biomass wall cladding for wall panels are used. With the passage of time this unique method of construction gained importance and newer technology with the use of brick masonry, R.C coloumn and timber roof are being adopted by the local people. This transfer of technology from generation after generation led to the present housing scenario which can be termed as non engineered houses mainly modular and non modular type of construction and R.C.C structures. These non engineered houses have very low vulnerability and poor comfort. The construction type for these houses are dependent on weathering conditions. Therefore there is an urgent need to provide housing with basic facilities for improving living standards without disturbing the natural resources and creating employment opportunities for the local communities. This research aims to investigate the modernisation of the physical structure, construction processes, use of prefabricated components, composite materials, affordability and sustainability of the housing types in Assam.

Keyphrases: building, india, prefabrication, rural, smart villages

In: Marsha Lamb (editor). AUBEA 2017: Australasian Universities Building Education Association Conference 2017, vol 1, pages 393-401.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/cbS6
	https://doi.org/10.29007/mv38

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{AUBEA2017:Prefabrication_Technique_Low_Cost,
  author    = {Arup Deka and Hemanta Doloi and Robert Crawford},
  title     = {Prefabrication Technique for Low Cost Housing in Assam},
  booktitle = {AUBEA 2017: Australasian Universities Building Education Association Conference 2017},
  editor    = {Marsha Lamb},
  series    = {EPiC Series in Education Science},
  volume    = {1},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2516-2306},
  url       = {/publications/paper/cbS6},
  doi       = {10.29007/mv38},
  pages     = {393-401},
  year      = {2017}}

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