Prospects of Low Cost Housing in India

Abstract

The paper presents work on low-cost and sustainable alternativebuilding materials having advantages on areas such as India whereconcrete or steel housing is expensive. The project addresses thechallenges and stereotypes of using these materials as a structural componentfor low-cost housing and their same capacity for adaptation to the broadspectrum of factors—physical, ecological, social, economic andtechnical—through different products developed which can dictatethe production of the construction environment.