Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Figures

Tables

INTRODUCTION

1 The Affordability and Social Quality of Housing

PART 1: LOW-RISE HONEYCOMB HOUSING

2.1 From Kampong to Terrace Houses

2.2 The Honeycomb Alternative to Terrace Houses

3.1 Overcoming the Problem of Innovation in Housing

3.2 A Pioneer Project in Nong Chik

4 Reducing the Cost of Land

5 Reducing the Cost of Infrastructure

6.1 A Small Site in Merlimau

6.2 A Big Site

7.1 A More Acceptable Form of Honeycomb Housing

7.2 Honeycomb Housing on a Rectangular Grid in Bernam Jaya

8 The Honeycomb Terrace Layout; a High-End Proposal in Petaling Jaya

9.1 Overcoming the Problem of Zoning by Income

9.2 A Mixed Range of Affordable Housing in Jasin, Melaka

PART II: HIGH-RISE HONEYCOMB HOUSING

10.1 High-Rise Housing

10.2 High-Rise Honeycomb Housing

11.1 Why we would want Sky-Courts

11.2 How is High-Rise Honeycomb Cost-Efficient

12 Comparison with Existing Apartment Layouts

13.1 The Singapore Experience

13.2 Comparison with Singapore High-Rise

14 Reducing the Cost of Lifts and the cost of Land

15 High-Rise Housing Proposal in Danau Kota, Kuala Lumpur

PART III: AFFORDABLE HONEYCOMB HOUSING

16.1 How can Honeycomb Housing make housing more affordable?

16.2 The Cluster Townhouse Solution

16.3 Developing more Cluster Townhouse Designs

17.1 Low Cost 5-Storey Flats

17.2 Point Block Walk-up Apartment

17.3 From5-storey Point Blocks to Honeycomb 5-storey V-Shaped Apartments

18.1 Low-Cost Housing and the Shophouse

18.2 The"Kotapuri" - Placing Low-Cost Housing above Shops

18.3 The Honeycomb Shop-Apartment

19.1 The Checkerboard Plan: High-Density Medium-Rise Honeycomb Apartments

19.2 Tall Buildings Cost More than Shorter Ones; How to Maximize Site Coverage

19.3 Overcoming the Problem of Car Parks for High-Density High-Rise

19.4 Building More Units to Reduce Land Cost

20.1 Reducing the Development Cost of High-Rise High-Density Housing by 10 – 20%

Bibliography

Index

Notes

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