l&|D0NJ43(0l HOUSING THE LOW INCOME : A STUDY OF SOCIO - CULTURAL CONTEXT OF URBAN LOW INCOME SETTLEMENTS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON HOUSING DESIGN. Dissertation presented to the Department of Architecture, University ofMoratuwa, Sri Lanka, For the M Sc (Architecture) final examination 2000 and T o the Royal Institute of British Architects Tor the R.I.I).A (Part II) examination. 7 \ V. 74120 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The gratitude of mine is given to prof: Nimal De Silva, the dean faculty of Architecture further it is extended to the year masters of year 5 archt: Vidura Sri Nammani and Archt: Ranjith Alahakoon. My deepest gratefulness is offered to Dr.Waduge for being my tutor guiding Through tne whole endeavor. I thank all the residents in Wanathamulla, Navagampura and Panchikawatta settlements for all the help give me to wards the consolation of this study. 1 thank heartily to my friends ; Chandrakumara ; Rasika ; Ajantha ;Kanchana; Chathu and Akila for all their advise and help. To Anu I praise evenly for being with me in all despair encouraging me to the utmost. I further acknowledge my late mother; and honor this study for her personage. ABSTRACT "Architecture is for people as become a well known clinch which is been used without a precise comprehension of its deeper assets. Thus intern, it has created a discomfort in the ultimate user especially in the provision of housing for the poor community dweller. Similarly, in a rigid grid iron pattern designed, repetitively stacked dwellings do not in co-operate (orenhance) with the socio cultura context of urban low income dwellers. At all the ultimate result is that they return to their original dwelling which create shanty settlements within urban premises. Thus more concern has to be given to the socio cultural context of urban low income dwellers and examine the extent of its contribution for their dwelling designs Housing settlement is a basic need for human existance. The present issue of housing has been comprehended as a provision of'Homes'; 'housing,' as the developed shelter; a greater need of home making CONTENTS PAGE CHAPTER ONE : HOUSING SETTLEMENT AS A GREATER NEED FOR HUMAN SURVIVAL 1 . 1 BASIC HUMAN NEEDS AND SHELTER. 1 . 2 "HOUSING" AS THE DEVELOPED SHELTER, A GREATER NEED TOWARDS HOME MAKING. 1 . 3 HOME : PLACE MAKING PROCESS AND CONCEPT OF HUMAN EXISTANCY 1 .4 SOCIO- CULTURAL FACTORS OF DWELLER AS BASIC MOULDER IN SELF CONSCIOUS PLACE MAKING FOR HUMAN EXISTANCY. CHAPTER TWO : URBAN LOW INCOME SETTLEMENTS IN SRI LANKAN CONTEXT 2 . 1 . URBAN LOW INCOME SETTLEMENTS 1 . 3 . 1 Home as a symbolioc expression of place 1 . 3 . 2 Authentic sense of place . 2 I . The origin 2 2 . Slum and shanty population in the developing world 2.2. URBAN LOW INCOME SETTLEMENTS IN SRI LANKAN CONTEXT. 2.2.1 . Characteristics of slum & squatter settlement : Reference to its built from 2 2 2. Slum & squatter settlement within Colombo city limits. CHARTER THREE : SOCIO-CULTURAL CONTEXT OF URBAN LOW INCOME CATEGORY 3 . 1 SOCIO-CULTURAL CONTEXT OF URBAN LOW INCOME CATEGORY : THEORITTCAL PERSPECTIVE ^ 3 2 SOCfd-CULTURAL CONTEXT AND ITS DETERMINANT F A C E R S OF URBAN LOW INCOME CATEGORY * e 3 . 2 . 1 . Economic status ^ 8 3 .2 .2 . Dwelling status a) Public activities. b) Non -public activities . CHAPTER FOUR : SOCIO CULTURAL CONTEXT AND ITS IMLICATIONS ON HOUSING DESIGN. CASE STUDY : INSIGHT INTO SELECTED SPONTANEOUS URBAN LOW INCOME SETTLEMENTS WITHIN COLOMBO CITY LIMIT'S. It* • r 4 . 1 . INTRODUCTION. 4 . 2 . SCHEMATIC ADAPTATIONS FOR SOCIO CULTURAL CONTEXT OF DWELLERS WITHIN NEIGHBORHOOD. 4 . 2 . 1 . Public activities : public realm. ^ ° 4 . 2 . 2 . Non - public activities : family realm. 4 . 3 . WANATHAMULLA. 4 . 3 . 1 . Ecological schemata 4 . 3 . 2 . Neighborhood communities . 4 . 3 . 3 . Schematic adaptations for socio cultural activities within neighborhood. (a).Public realm . (b).Family realm. 4 . 4 . PANCH1KAWATTA. 4 . 4 . 1 . Ecological schemata . s ^ 4 . 4 . 2 . Neighborhood communities. G ^ 4 . 4 .3 . Schematic adaptations for socio cultural activities within neighborhood (a), public realm. (b). Family realm. s < S l IV 4 . 5 . NAVAGAMPURA. 4 . 5 . 1 . Ecological schemata . ° ' 4 . 5 . 2 . Neighborhood communities. ^ 4 . 5 . 3 . Schematic adaptations for socio cultural activities withn the neighborhood. (b). Family realm. 8? (a). Public realm. ^ CONCLUSION 3>-4- BIBLIOGRAPHY V