Archive:000/Basic housing

This is a page to estimate the bare minimum amount of resources it takes to sustain a decent quality of housing.

Case study

Specs

• 1 studio apartment per capita
• everything in working condition (good plumbing, good wiring, no chipping lead paint, no readily-inhaled asbestos)
• no cosmetic renovations
• the building must have common space (because fuck anyone who wants to create a lonely dystopia)

Things to estimate

• Labor & environmental footprint of:
  • Constructing the building, per capita, divided by the building's max lifespan (because fuck anyone who wants to demolish it prematurely)
  • Maintaining the building (i.e. the "everything in working condition" requirement above)
  • Providing utilities (water, electricity, internet, heating, cooling)

Analysis

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