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Housing Typologies Flashcards

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Within a given field, systematic classification of types according to their characteristics

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TYPOLOGY

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Human settlements around the world are categorized according to:

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  1. Scale
  2. Structural Shell
  3. Materials
    4.Ratio to Land / Density
  4. Mode of Occupancy
  5. Layout/Relationship to open spaces
  6. Prices
  7. Interior spaces
  8. Dominant or sub-uses
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Reflects a lot about the occupant. reflects the occupant’s personality, socio-economic status or means of livelihood

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Type of Housing

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Type of Housing

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*Single-Detached, Stick-Built
*Row Houses (Socialized Housing)
*Modular Homes – Duplex, triplex, quadruplex
*Apartment Complex
*Townhouses (Medium Rise)
*High Rise Condominium
*Manufactured Housing, Pre-fabricated
*Mobile Housing (Trailer Vans)
*Converted-use Property
*Cooperative Housing – Time-share

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A stand-alone house (also called detached residence or detached house) is a free standing residential building

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Single Detached, Stick-Built

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means that the building is usually occupied by just one household or family and consists of just one dwelling unit or suite.

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Single-family

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means that the building dos not share walls with other houses.

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Detached

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is a wooden house constructed entirely or largely on-site; that is, built on the site which it is intended to occupy upon its completion rather than in a factory or similar facility

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Stick-built home

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a low density residential zone, characterized mainly by single family, singe detached dwellings with the usual community ancillary uses on a neighborhood scale, such as executive subdivisions and relatively exclusive residential communities which are not subdivisions.

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RESIDENTIAL R-1

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A single-attached dwelling containing three or more separate living units in such a way that they abut each other at the sides (as in a row), separated from each other by party walls. (BP220)

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ROW HOUSE

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projects undertaken by the government for the underprivileged and homeless citizens (BP220)

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Socialized Housing

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A high density residential use or occupancy, characterized mainly as a low rise or medium-rise building/structure for exclusive use as multiple family dwellings with mixed housing types.

may include low-rise or medium rise residential condominium buildings that are already commercial in nature and scale

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RESIDENTIAL R-3

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type of house that has two residential units stacked or joined with one another. It can be in a vertical format or a side-by-side style. Generally, a _____ house consists of residential units spread over two floors with a kitchen and a common area.

has two floors, and these floors are connected by a staircase.

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duplex house

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A duplex house, which is built on the ground floor of an apartment, is known as.

In this type, the lower floor of the duplex faces the garden, while the upper portion houses a kitchen and a living room.

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Ground Duplex House

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This type of Duplex house is the most readily found duplex house design. In this, two floors are built vertically, one over the other. In this modern duplex house design, the lower floor generally consists of a kitchen and a living room, while the upper floor houses two bedrooms or a single bedroom with a children’s room.

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Standard Duplex House (Most common)

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This state-of-the-art modern duplex house design includes spacious balconies on the upper floor. The area of this duplex house is generally smaller than other duplex house designs. This type of modern duplex house design is a challenge for the architects, and they have to make sure of the optimal utilization of the space available.

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Low-rise Duplex

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A medium-density residential use or occupancy, characterized mainly as low-rise single-attached, duplex or multi-level building/structure for exclusive use as multiple family dwellings.

subdivisions and semi-exclusive residential communities which are not subdivisions.

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RESIDENTIAL R-2

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A medium density residential use occupancy, characterized mainly as a single-attached or duplex building/structure of from one storey or three storeys in height

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BASIC R-2

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1.Usually, a duplex comes with a common wall. This can turn out to be a cause of concern for the inhabitants as noise may transmit to the other part of the duplex.

2.If the duplex is connected by an internal staircase, it might be very difficult to house a tenant as they will use the internal area for commuting.

3.Duplex houses are common in areas where there is less congestion and ample land bank. Finding a spacious duplex within city limits can be a task and might create a hole in your pocket if you find one.

4.A duplex house is generally privately owned. This brings a load of maintenance and gardening to the landlord.

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Disadvantages of Duplex House

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self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies part of a building, generally on a single story.

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Apartment, flat, or unit

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The smallest self-contained apartments are referred to as ____, efficiency or bachelor apartments in the US and Canada, or studio flat in the UK.

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Studio

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in American English as “a multiple-unit low-rise dwelling having considerable lawn or garden space.“ The apartment buildings are often arranged around courtyards that are open at one end.

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Garden apartment (US)-

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British English as “a basement or ground-floor flat with a view of and access to a garden or lawn”, although its citations acknowledge that the reference to a garden may be illusory. “Garden flat” can serve simply as a euphemism for a basement.

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Garden Flat (UK)

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Generally on the lowest (below ground) floor of a building.

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Basement apartment

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A unit in the attic of a building and usually converted from domestic servants’ quarters.

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Garret apartment

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part of a house is converted for the ostensible use of the owner’s family member, the self-contained dwelling may be known as an “in-law apartment”, “annexe”, or “granny flat“.

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Secondary suite

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The structure of the apartments included centrally located anteroom with a combined function of the dining room and one or more salon areas.

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Salon apartment

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It differs from a flat in having, usually, more than one floor, with a staircase internal to the dwelling leading from the entrance floor to the upper (or, in some cases, lower) other floor.

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Maisonette

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An industrial, warehouse, or commercial space converted to an apartment is commonly called a loft, although some modern lofts are built by design.

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Loft apartment

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An apartment located on the top floor of a high-rise apartment building.

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Penthouse

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is a room with a shared kitchen and bath. A typical arrangement is a cluster of five or so room-apartments with a common kitchen and bathroom and separate front doors, occupying a floor in a pre-Revolutionary mansion.

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Communal apartment

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is any size space for residential living which includes regular maid and cleaning services provided by the rental agent.

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Serviced apartment

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is any size space for residential living which includes regular maid and cleaning services provided by the rental agent.

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Serviced apartment

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type of terraced housing.
is often one with a small footprint on multiple floors. In a different British usage, the term originally referred to any type of city residence (normally in London) of someone whose main or largest residence was a country house.

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TOWNHOUSES

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a large property complex comprised of individual units, and each unit is owned separately. Ownership usually includes a nonexclusive interest in certain “community property” controlled by the condominium management.

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High Rise Condominium

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Medium to high density residential use or occupancy, characterized mainly as a low-rise townhouse building/structure for exclusive use as multiple family dwellings

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RESIDENTIAL R-4

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a very high-density residential use or occupancy, characterized mainly as a medium-rise or high rise condominium building/structure for exclusive use as a multiple family dwelling

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Residential R-5

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is a home unit constructed primarily or entirely off-site at factories prior to being moved to a piece of property where it is set

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Manufactured housing (MH)

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is a prefabricated structure, built in a factory on a permanently attached chassis before being transported to site (either by being towed or on a trailer). Used as permanent homes, or for holiday or temporary accommodation, they are often left permanently or semi-permanently in one place, but can be moved, and may be required to move from time to time for legal reasons.

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Mobile House

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A residential conversion changes a building from its current use (commercial, industrial, institutional, single-family residential) into a new or different type of residential use.

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Converted-use Property

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is a legal entity, usually a cooperative or a corporation, which owns real estate, consisting of one or more residential buildings. It operates under the cooperative legal framework that usually exists at the regional or national level.

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Cooperative Housing

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