HOUSING FOR LABOURS WORKING AT SHIP BREAKING YARD ,ALANG

INTRODUCTION:

The Alang Ship Breaking Yard which has been functioning since 1983, has dismantled nearly 6318 vessels till 2013 and produces three million metric tons of scrap metal annually. ship breaking violates numerous national and international regulations related to pollution, hazardous wastes, and labour rights.

Inadequate health facilities have been tackled by the Supreme Court and the Inter Ministerial Committee on Ship breaking to no avail. It was only after Supreme Court directions in 1997 and 2003, that infrastructure was built to handle hazardous wastes. There is a lack of housing, sanitation, water and no education facilities for the workers’ children.

Ship breaking activities result in significant environmental impacts. There are reports of cattle dying after eating the waste from dismantled ships and people suffer respiratory and skin problems when rubbish dumps are set on fire. Most of the nearby villages suffer from water scarcity and salinity. A numbers of wells are so polluted that they have been abandoned, according to the preliminary report.

The annual turnover of the industry stands at Rs 6,000 crore. There are 169 plots for ship breaking but only 132 plots are functional. Each plot employs 150–200 workers and towards the end of 2013 there were around 35,000 workers. At least one ship is dismantled a day and the workers are mostly from Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar, and Odisha earning daily wages between Rs 235 to 255 a day. Around 92 percent of the workers earn between Rs. 5000 to Rs. 10,000 per month.

SCOPE OF PROJECT:

Ship-recycling industry serves the society by providing employment opportunity to thousands of workers hailing from various states of the country, this project will also provide them with their own abode. This

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housing project will result in fulfillment of basic necessities and amenities of the Alang Ship Recycling workers.

AIM:

To create a Liveble, clean, place of living for labours working under miserable conditions.

Stable, affordable and accessible housing linked to health, justice and community support services is critical to helping people live independently and improve life opportunities related to family, work, education, recreation or other pursuits.

Appropriate labour housing meets the needs of residents in terms of size, physical attributes and location. The main aim of labour housing at Alang is that it is safe and does not affect the health or wellbeing of household members in a negative way. It will accommodate the daily requirements of residents, and allow sufficient space and privacy for all.

OBJECTIVE:

The main Objective is to design the Labour Housing in a way that the living conditions , basic necessities and amenities of the Alang Ship Recycling workers are fullfilled.

Housing and the communities in which people live often shape the quality of life and opportunities they have. The availability of suitable housing will very often have a bearing on an individual’s or a household’s ability to achieve their goals.These opportunities may be fulfilled by designing a housing for labours at shipbuilding yard. 

JUSTIFICATION:

The Project will include hospital facility, a community centre and a school for their children near the ship recycling yard itself which will improve the health and fulfill their necessities.This project is

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appropriate for thesis because it is addressing to humanity by improving the conditions of living for a low income group of people.

LIST OF PROGRAMMES:

HOUSES(UNITS ACCORDING TO NO OF FAMILY MEMBERS)

o Entrance lobby,hallo Bedrooms(according to necessity)o Kitcheno toilet

SAFETY AND TRAINING INSTITUTE

Safety Training programs will be held for the workers related to Ship Breaking.

SHOPS AND STALLS

o Grocery shopso Books.o Clotheso Local art & craftso Food Stallso Canteen

HEALTH CENTRE AND CONSULTATION

o Help desko Waiting Area.o Pharmacyo Staff roomo Required no. of consultation rooms.o Doctor’s rooms.o Rooms for specialized treatments.o Toilet

ADDITIONAL FACILITIES

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Parks

Childrens Play Area

Community Centre

INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES

Roads

Water Supply

Electricity

Fire Fighting

Community Sanitation

Awareness Drive Trough Hoardings

3.0 INFORMATION AND SOURCE

A. LOCATION

ALANG,GUJARAT

B. CASE STUDY

NET STUDY TULOU HOUSING ,GUANGZHOUThe commission was to design a 220 apartment housing complex for people for low income families in Guangzhou. Urbanus decided to give the complex a nice and intimate atmosphere, by reinterpreting the traditional Hakka Houses.

This housing typology correspond to 300 year old houses in the south and they are basically a large housing project where complete families live as a community (aunts, nieces, nephews, etc

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CULTURAL AND SOCIAL CONTEXT

Since the beginning of the millennium, the architects of the globe have not only brought their cutting-edge designs to China, but also drew the whole world's attention to what can be built in China. Many domestic architects are opposed to the fact that some well-known foreign architects have taken advantage of China's eagerness to build dazzling modern cityscapes, thus some have became the advocates to call to rediscover the traditional Chinese architecture.

The Hakka people built fortified earthern houses to defend themselves against fierce animals and thieves. The layout of their Tulou followed the Chinese dwelling tradition of "closed outside, open inside" concept: an enclosed wall with living quarters around the peripheral and a common courtyard at the center. These round earthern houses captured the architects’ fascination with its underlying design philosophy.

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Resulting from extensive research into the ancient heritage and the social dynamics of current urbanisation trends in China, the urban Tulou has been seen as a unique experiment in low-income housing and the transformation of vernacular dwelling to suit contemporary living environments. “By introducing a 'new Tulou' to modern cities and by careful experimentation of form and economy, one can transcend conventional urban design”. URBANUS experiments explored ways to stitch the Tulou within the existing urban fabric of the city. The close proximity of each tulou building helps insulate the users from the chaos and noise of the outside environment, while creating an intimate and comfortable environment inside. “A round shape would virtually fit in anywhere .

This project successfully addressed how the old vernacular can provide inspiration for modern low income housing that has a strong communal focus, and improves the lives of migrants in urban enclaves in China today.

MATERIALS AND BUILDING TECHNIQUES

The entire structure is wrapped in a perforated concrete shell punctuated by wooden lattices that shade the balconies, giving each unit a secondary living space. The design translates the visual monotony inherent to an "e-shaped loop" with richly textured inner and outer facade.

EARTH AND CLIMATE

In the south China, where there is a much longer summer season and a relatively warm winter, it is necessary to prevent the penetration of the sun by using few windows, smaller courtyard together with thick walls. Those are the technically sophisticated features of the traditional Fujian Tulou.

Like the thick walls of pounded earth that functions as the insulation from summer heat, Urbanus designed extra living spaces by adding balconies to each unit. The balconies with wooden lattices build a protective outer layer to foil direct sunshine in the summer, while the open interior of the structure creates a sense of space and light, as well as provides plenty of natural ventilation.

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PULLMAN A WORKERS TOWN,AMERICA

LIVE CASE STUDY

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Housing for Mahouts and their Elephants,Amber,Rajasthan-by Ar. Rahul MehotraBelapur Housing - Ar.Charles Chorea

REFERENCE -

http://somatheeram.in

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurveda

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