Space and Function in Small House Plans: A Case Study in South Africa

G Mills
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G Mills: Department of Architecture, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa

Environment and Planning B, 1992, vol. 19, issue 5, 545-558

Abstract: A sample of self-built, low-cost houses in South Africa is analysed. These designs are a synthesis of the many social, economic, and technical variables that influence the shape and meaning of house form. These variables are viewed as constituting knowledge about architecture, and the analysis of the geometry and spatial pattern of the house plans reveals information on what the designers regard as appropriate and functional.

Date: 1992
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DOI: 10.1068/b190545

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