THE INFLUENCE OF SOME OF DESIGN DECISIONS IN RAISING THE COST OF DWELLING UNIT

, Maan Nihad; , Nawal Abd Alameer; , Nagham Faisal Yusif

	THE INFLUENCE OF SOME OF DESIGN DECISIONS IN RAISING THE COST OF DWELLING UNIT
Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning
Article 9, Volume 9, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 154-170 PDF (0 K)
Authors
maan nihad; nawal abd alameer; nagham faisal yusif
Abstract
The most common problems in big cities is the high rate of residency because of the high population growth, therefore, It is a big problem nowadays to a family to get a suitable accommodation (general problem),but for the Iraqi family one of the most important priority is to get their own accommodation, and to achieve this target, the cost of accommodation ought to be low so it will be more easy for families , thus the specific problem is the difficulty of owing a dwelling unit with acceptable cost .Though the research problem is :there is no clear idea about the effect of some design decisions of raising the cost of the dwelling unit ,therefore the aim of the research is to determine the effect of some design decisions of raising the cost of dwelling unit. The research depends on analysis of samples of dwelling units by a comparison the quantities of same unit, once with these decisions, other without them, with fixing the same requirements in each unit to clarify the rate of waste in final cost that come from accumulation the cost of these decisions that one who wants to own a dwelling unit unconscious for their influence on the final cost. Finally the influence of these decisions are increase in the small area of units . .

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