Model Housing for Families - Impact of Industrial Revolution

This report delves into the historical context of model housing for families, specifically examining the impact of the Industrial Revolution. The assignment highlights how the Industrial Revolution led to a surge in urban populations, necessitating innovative housing solutions. The report discusses the emergence of model housing as a response to overcrowded living conditions, focusing on its evolution and the influence of various factors, including economic and social changes. It mentions the role of government and private organizations in addressing the housing crisis. The report cites relevant references such as Benevolo (1967) and Batchelor (1969) to support the analysis of the housing development during the industrial revolution.

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Model Housing for Families
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1. Introduction
Model house for family in London is the outcome of various factors that are studied over
time. The following paragraph is dedicated to explain context of the building.
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The necessity of the model house for family occurred during the industrial revolution
when a large number of people from the rural sector came to the city for working in the factories
which degraded the living standard. On to it, reduction of death rate caused a spatial crunch in
the city dwellings. It resulted into revolutionize the building architecture of the city. Model house
for family is the outcome of the demand. However, different point of view of economists,
politicians, socialists also facilitated. It was to accommodate and improve the living standards of
the labor class. The technological innovation in eighteen century exhausted the living place in
the cities and created a chaos. This led the government and also the private organizations to plan
a new model for the city to accommodate more. Model house for family is the direct outcome of
the need where the government could put a considerable number of families into one apartment
maintaining their privacy and standard.
Conclusion
In the conclusion, we can state the reason for changed that occurred in the housing plan is
primarily the industrial revolution that changed the global society forever.
2. “The connection between towns and industries was soon very close. In new towns, which
had grown up outside the system of boroughs and parishes” (Benevolo 1967)

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“Model houses of the back-to-back variety were built be- tween 1849 and 1853 at a site
two miles from Halifa.” (Batchelor 1969)

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References
Batchelor, Peter. "The origin of the garden city concept of urban form." Journal of the Society of
Architectural Historians 28, no. 3 (1969): 184-200.
Benevolo, Leonardo. The origins of modern town planning. MIT press, 1967.