The Urban Development Authority has planned to implement a project to construct 'studio type' apartments of a maximum of 350 square feet, so as to accommodate middle-income earners who travel to Colombo from far away areas for their employment.

Accordingly, the cabinet approval was granted to implement these housing scheme projects within a distance of 3-5km of the main towns with main highway and railway services.

A studio apartment, also known as a studio flat (UK), a self-contained apartment (Nigeria),  efficiency apartment, bed-sitter (Kenya) or bachelor apartment, is a small apartment (rarely a condo) in which the normal functions of a number of rooms – often the living room, bedroom, and kitchen – are combined into a single room.

Studio apartment sizes vary considerably by country.

Studio apartments are simply a smart way of living especially for the future hi-tech, eco-conscious generation coming up.