Kota metropolitan seringkali memiliki permasalahan perumahan, terutama pada harga lahan yang terbatas sehingga membuat tingginya harga rumah. Sedangkan rumah adalah kebutuhan dasar manusia. Incremental housing muncul sebagai salah satu respon terhadap isu tersebut. Incremental housing adalah konsep cara pembangunan rumah dengan perlahan atau bertahap. Perkembangan incremental house menyesuaikan kebutuhan penghuninya. Kebutuhan penghuni dapat diasosiasikan dengan kebutuhan manusia. Maslow (1970) membagi hierarki kebutuhan manusia menjadi delapan tingkatan: physiological, safety, love, esteem, desire to know and understand, aesthetic, self actualization dan self transcendence. Skripsi ini membahas keterhubungan incremental housing dengan Teori Motivasi Maslow. Studi literatur yang berkaitan dan observasi langsung perkembangan kasus incremental house dijadikan sebagai piranti penarik kesimpulan. Sehingga dapat terlihat bahwa terjadinya incremental house dimotivasi oleh perubahan kebutuhan (Teori Motivasi Maslow). Perkembangan incremental house ini terjadi secara terus menerus secara paralel hingga rumah dapat memenuhi seluruh kebutuhan penghuninya.

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Metropolitan cities often have housing problems, especially with limited land prices leading to high house prices. But shelter is a basic human need. Incremental housing emerged as a response to this issue. Incremental housing is a concept of gradual built house. The development of the incremental houses adapt to the needs of its residents. Residents' needs can be associated with human needs. Maslow (1970) divides the hierarchy of human needs into eight levels: physiological, safety, love, esteem, desire to know and understand, aesthetic, self-actualization and self-transcendence. This thesis discusses the relationship between incremental housing and Maslow's Theory of Motivation. The study of related literature and observation of the development of the incremental house case serve as a tool for drawing conclusions. So it can be seen that the occurrence of the incremental house is motivated by changing needs (Maslow's Motivation Theory). The development of incremental houses occurs continuously in parallel until the house meets all the needs of its occupants.