The first week of Design Process and we were split into groups and choose our topic , for us , group xky , we choose "Living spaces are getting smaller". We choose this topic because as all Singaporeans know , we are currently paying a very high amount for very little space. We also researched about other countries such as Monaco , Hong Kong , Mumbai and Shanghai.
We researched on the causes for smaller living spaces and came out with a few relevant points.
1. Land Shortage. The most obvious reason in our opinion. Residential estates are built on land of course , and if there is not a sufficient amount of land?? The house are cramped together in a small area , leading to more housing units , but smaller in size.
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Singapore , one of the smallest countries in the world.
Source: travel-singapore.com |
2. Overpopulation. Overpopulation can lead to a higher demand for housing , and when the population over-powers the land available , the city or country will be a extremely dense city. Take Mumbai for example , the largest city in India is ranked top in the world's most dense cities ranking table. It has a population of 14.3 Million cramped up in a space of 484 square kilometers , with some mathematics , we will end up with a number of 29 650 people living per square kilometer in the city. ( Source: citymayors.com). With so many people living in a single square kilometer , the government obviously could not afford to built big house to fully house those people , thus living spaces are smaller when there is overpopulation.
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| Mumbai , the world's most density populated city. Source : saphana.com |
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