Course Schedule
Lec
.
No.
1
Date
Sun
7/8/1426
Exp/Practical title
Reading
Salwa Al Saeed, House,
Assignment
Housing, and Environment, (1)
pp15-17 and 91-107. Also
Describe the
please read Charles Abrames:housing
Cities and Housing Problems , Environment of
pp-19.
your House
Introduction to the
Course
Importance and Relevance
Defining of Terms: house,
housing unit, housing, home
household, etc
2
3
4
5
6
7
Sun
Demand
14/8/1426
Determination of residential
Construction – Housing need
and housing Demand
Al Majjallah article “The
Demographic Bomb..”. Also
read World Bank Tables
handout.
Sun
Supply
Charles Abrams: Chapter 3.
23/8/1426
Elements: labor, capital,
technology, and enterprice.
Dynamics of matching supply
and demand.
Sun
Land
29/8/1426
The special status of urban land
Prices, rents, value and
regulation
Sun
Finance Calculations
6/9/1426
Principles and Practice
Basics of the arithmetic of
finance.
Handout and Problem set.
Sun
Finance Calculations
13/9/1426
Calculations using tables,
handheld calculators and
Microsoft Excel.
Sun
Assignment
Assignment
(2)
How to
calculate the
finance to buy
a new car
Review
20/9/1426
Sun 27/9/1426
Sun 4/10/1426
8
Eid El Fetr
Sun
Mid term Exam.
11/10/1426
9
Sun
Housing finance Policy 1 Handout by A. Rahman and Evaluation of
18/10/1426
Real Estate Finance
10 Sun
25/10/1426
11 Sun
2/11/1426
T. Fadaak
Abrams: Chapter 11 and
Real Estate Development
Fund handout.
alternative
solutions
F. Tashkandi
‫ترشيد اإلنفاق على المشاريع اإلسكانية‬
Assignment
Housing finance Policy 2
Real Estate Finance
Neighborhoods
Background and Historical
1
Development - Design
Considerations
12 Sun
9/11/1426
13 Sun
16/11/1426
14 Sun
23/11/1426
15 Sun
Density
(3)
Comparison
between
income,
finance, needs
of diff. Families
TBA
Economic imperatives and
design implications
Housing in Saudi Arabia
Determinants, dynamics,
participants and outcomes.
Development of contemporary
housing problem in the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Dr. K. Al Anqari: Facing the
Housing problem in the
K.S.A.
Oppertunities and
Challenges for Housing
Design and Policy
Warp ap and Review
30/11/1426
16 Sun
Final Exam.
7/12/1426
2