Life Cycle Housing

HOUSING PRACTICE 2

TRADITIONAL HOUSING• One House may be live for several generation : rooted

• Lead to addition of several unit close to old house

• Have mixed age community

CONTEMPORARY HOUSING• Moving frequently happen : no rooted

• Expensive land value : expansion is impossible

• Single aged community

EXAMPLE OF CONTEMPORARY HOUSING

EXAMPLE OF CONTEMPORARY HOUSINGVARAROM NAVARAT – CHIANGMAI, THAILAND

220,000 – 400000 $

CONCEPT OF LIFE CYCLE HOUSING

• Mix type of house of every age

EXAMPLE : OAKBRIDGE LAKELAND, FL

EXAMPLE : LADDAROM ELEGANCE - BANGKOK, THAILAND

350k $ 700k $

1.4M $

INTERESTING STATISTIC ABOUT LIFE CYCLE HOUSING

• 14 – 50 of Oakbridge customer are old customer

• Moving up don’t mean moving out

• Most people want to age in their own homes. – AARP Survey

• This practice is about mix the type of housing to ensure that the housing project satisfy all age and make mix age community.

CONCLUSION