T-House in Shaping Sustainable Housing

Abstract

Architecture is becoming an increasingly realistic response to the doctrine of sustainable development. The quality of life is influenced not only by the comfort, form and economy of the house, but also by the appropriate location and value of urban solutions, especially in small communal or social buildings, where architectural solutions have economic limitations. The issues will be discussed on the basis of the project of modular houses designed by architect Alicja Maciejko, author of this paper and architect Miroslaw Strzelecki, called T-Houses [1]. The idea assumes the possibility of connecting houses into complex urban-planning systems. The special shape of the T letter plan offers unique possibilities for shaping small housing arrangements in systems of connected houses in accordance with building regulations and urban planning law. This article presents selected design proposals as a response to human and nature-friendly design, improving the comfort life in the family and society, in an economically accessible standard.