BP 220: Socialized Housing and Economic Aspects Quiz

Building Design and Requirements

• Minimum ceiling height: 2.00m
• Mezannine ceiling height: 1.80m
• Door heights:
  • Bathroom and mezzanine doors: 1.80m
  • All other doors: 2.00m
• Door widths:
  • Main door: 800mm
  • Bedroom or service door: 700mm
  • Bathroom door: 600mm
• Window requirements:
  • Regular rooms: 10% of floor area
  • Bathrooms: 5% of floor area

Stairways and Handrails

• Riser: 250mm max.
• Tread: 200mm min.
• Width: 600mm min.
• Headroom: 2.0m min.
• Landing-to-landing: 3.6m
• Handrail heights: 800-1200mm from floor
• Handrails not required for stairs with less than 4 steps

Winding/Circular Stairways

• Required tread dimension: 300mm from narrow end of stairway
• Min tread at any point: 150mm

Ladders

• Not allowed; instead, provide a landing every 1.8m of rise

Firewalls

• Thickness: at least 150mm or 6 inches
• Extensions: 300mm above roof and building edges

Property Access and Distances

• Property must abut a public street; no pathwalks allowed
• Distances between buildings:
  • 1-2 storey buildings: 4.00m between buildings, 1.50m between eaves
  • 3-4 storey buildings: 6.00m between buildings, 2.00m between eaves

Socialized and Economic Housing

• Definition of socialized housing: housing units within affordability level of average and low-income earners (30% of gross family income)
• Definition of economic housing: housing projects provided to average income families (middle class and below)

Block and Lot Requirements

• Block: a parcel of land bounded by streets, with a maximum length of 400 meters
• Block length with alley: 250 meters or more
• Shell house: a habitable dwelling unit with exterior walls, floor, openings for doors and windows, plumbing fixtures, and electrical wiring
• Complete house: a shell house with all windows and doors, and partition walls

Planning Considerations

• Avoid areas with high risk of flood/hazards
• Preserve trees with diameter of 200mm or greater

Parks and Playgrounds

• Required for projects with a minimum lot area of 1 hectare
• Minimum area: 100 sqm or 10x10 meters

Community Facilities

• A multipurpose center is required for projects 1 hectare or bigger, whether socialized or economic

Circulation and Road Planning

• Observe prescribed road hierarchies and minimum RROW widths within the subdivision
• Minimum sizes of roads:
  • Interconnecting road: 10.00m
  • Major road: 8.00m
  • Collector road: 8.00m
  • Minor road: 6.5m
  • Motor court: 6.00m
  • Path walk: 3.00m
  • Alley: 2.00m

Alley vs. Pathwalk

• Alley breaks a block and cannot be used as access to a property
• Pathwalk provides pedestrian access to a property, may be used as property access for socialized housing only, with a maximum length of 60 meters

Setbacks and Minimum Lot Areas

• Setbacks for PUV:
  • Front: 1.5m
  • Side yard: 1.5m
  • Rear yard: 2.0m
• Minimum lot areas:
  • Socialized: 64 sqm (single detached), 48 sqm (duplex), 28 sqm (row house)
  • Economic: 64 sqm (single detached), 54 sqm (duplex), 36 sqm (row house)

Minimum Floor Areas and Level of Completion

• Minimum floor areas:
  • Socialized: 18 sqm
  • Economic: 22 sqm
• Minimum level of completion:
  • Economic housing: complete house based on submitted specifications