The six-lakh home from IIT MADRAS

Nowadays it seems very difficult to buy 500 square feet flat that cost about 6 lakh, but IIT Madras student has made it possible by designing a house worth just six lakhs rupees. So kindly provide me with the details and the model of that house along with the name of the peoples who designed it.

I am planning to give engineering degree from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras and came to know about Six-Lakh Home plan. Will you please provide the Six-Lakh Home plan details of IIT madras also provide details about Advantages over conventional buildings?

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A cheap and eco-friendly Six-Lakh Home has been designed by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras which hopes it has delivered a model for housing projects that can be used by the government for the poor.

Advantages over conventional buildings:

- High speed of construction: GFRG demo building with four flats in two storeys (total 1981 sq.ft.) built within a month!

- Less built-up area for the same carpet area: wall panels are only 124mm thick.

- Less embodied energy and carbon footprint: significant reduction in use of cement, sand, steel and water; recycling of industrial waste gypsum.

- Lower cost of structure: savings in materials; no plastering.

- Lower building weight (panels weigh only 43 kg/m2), contributing to savings in foundation and reduction in design for earthquake forces, particularly in multi-storeyed construction.

- Buildings up to 8-10 storeys can be designed using this load-bearing system, without the need for beams and columns.

- Excellent finishes of prefabricated GFRG panels - used for all the walls, floors and staircases, with minimal embedded concrete: no need for additional plastering.

The 'model housing apartment', comprising four flats in a two-storeyed building, has been constructed inside the IIT-M campus within a month at a finished cost that works out to Rs. 1250 per sq. ft. (including excellent finishes).

Contact:

IIT Madras
Sardar Patel Rd, Opposite to C, L.R.I, Adyar
Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600036
Phone: 044 2257 8101