Call to adopt new culture in housing

Kerala Forest Minister Benoy Viswom, who is also in charge of Housing, has directed the Nirmithi Kendra to make democratic interventions in the field of housing so as to bring about a new culture in the area..

The Minister was inaugurating a workshop on housing organised by the Nirmithi Kendra here on Monday. He said the Nirmithi Kendra should be able to construct habitable houses at low cost and in a time-bound manner for victims of natural calamities. He described Laurie Baker, who constructed low-cost houses that were suited to Kerala’s climatic conditions and topography, as a visionary. The realisation of this had led to the setting up of the Laurie Baker Nirmithi Training and Research Institute. A programme to impart latest developments to construction workers would be launched this year.