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Introduction
• Group housing in India today is dominated by the real estate sector, rather than initiated by communities that want to
live together.
• Living in communities that are secure, comfortable and affordable is what most people actually look. Communities which
will give them a sense of belonging and a place to put down foot, which have been lost in urban development.
• The real estate response to the need for urban housing has most often been to reduce the size and increase the
number of units to be built. The floor space index is used as a magic number instead of as a guide line, as indented.
• The environment is a victim of this uncontrolled development .A depleting green cover, diminishing ground water and
climate change are only the tip of the ice berg.
• There is a need for architecture to collaborate and make that difference, where decision making brings together all
the stakeholders from Architect, Engineer, and Carpenter to the end user where it is not top down, but shared and
joint.
AANGAN - GOODEARTH, KOCHI - KERALA BY JAYAKUMAR & ASSOCIATES, BENGALURU
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