ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN SOLUTION : SAVING 40 SQ. FT. (3.72 SQM) IN A BEDROOM

ABSTRACT:
In the field of Architecture 'Invention' is a forgotten word and there are genuine reasons behind it. (i) Various techniques of creating living environment have been tried and devised by the common people in various regions of the globe. (ii) The artists create designs with aesthetic values. (iii) The scientists invent and the engineers manufacture various gadgets to ensure better climates inclusive of temperature, humidity, air-change, lighting and acoustics. Similar is the case with building materials. The Architects design built-forms comprising of living environment combining all the three mentioned above. In such a reality, where is their scope of inventing anything new ? The system capable of creating about 40 Square Feet (3.72 Sq. Meters) usable space in a bed room, as described in this article may not be a new invention. But the creation of a bed room in smaller space and the same leading to (a) creation of more accommodation on less land, (b) less construction cost for bed room and (c) less use of energy for climatic management may act as a novel design solution in the apartment buildings for the less affluent users.

ARTICLE TEXT:
INTRODUCTION : Architects are often compelled to design houses in small and still smaller spaces. But neither the domestic need of a family nor the size of human being can be squeezed at will. The double-decked beds used in the western countries have not been accepted in the oriental countries because of lack of privacy. In Bangladesh a household, in general is constituted of a couple, their children and husband’s parents. The minimum number of bedrooms with the accommodation of the occasional guests in the living room is four. Even though the traditional ‘joint or extended family’ is declining, the western system of leaving the parents in elderly homes has not yet been accepted in Bangladesh. Nowadays, the number of children in the educated and enlightened families have reduced to one and maximum two. So, the parents in their old ages have to live in their son's or daughter's families. Such a situation has paved the need of greater number of bedrooms per family. The present design solution paves the way of designing bedrooms at lesser cost.
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