birmingham house launch presentation

WHAT IS BIRMINGHAM HOUSE?

MONOCULTURE

MULTICULTURE

THE BIRMINGHAM HOUSE challenge the traditional and outmoded thinking

THE BIRMINGHAM HOUSE challenge the traditional and outmoded thinking explore potential for new lifestyles

THE BIRMINGHAM HOUSE challenge the traditional and outmoded thinking explore potential for new lifestyles fresh thinking

THE BIRMINGHAM HOUSE challenge the traditional and outmoded thinking explore potential for new lifestyles fresh thinking push the boundaries & introduce new standards

THE BIRMINGHAM HOUSE challenge the traditional and outmoded thinking explore potential for new lifestyles fresh thinking push the boundaries & introduce new standards

distinct to Birmingham

NEW STANDARDS TO CHALLENGE: design quality

NEW STANDARDS TO CHALLENGE: design quality diversity

NEW STANDARDS TO CHALLENGE: design quality diversity lifestyle

NEW STANDARDS TO CHALLENGE: design quality diversity lifestyle technological innovation

NEW STANDARDS TO CHALLENGE: design quality diversity lifestyle technological innovation environmental sustainability

NEW STANDARDS TO CHALLENGE: design quality diversity lifestyle technological innovation environmental sustainability management

HOUSING STANDARDS

WHY IS SPACE IMPORTANT?

WHY IS SPACE IMPORTANT? TO diminish THE POTENTIAL FOR :

interpersonal aggression

WHY IS SPACE IMPORTANT? TO diminish THE POTENTIAL FOR :

interpersonal aggression withdrawal from the family

WHY IS SPACE IMPORTANT? TO diminish THE POTENTIAL FOR :

interpersonal aggression withdrawal from the family sexually deviant behaviour

WHY IS SPACE IMPORTANT? TO diminish THE POTENTIAL FOR :

interpersonal aggression withdrawal from the family sexually deviant behaviour psychological distress

WHY IS SPACE IMPORTANT? TO diminish THE POTENTIAL FOR :

interpersonal aggression withdrawal from the family sexually deviant behaviour psychological distress

physical illness

Only ENGLAND & WALES have no minimum space standards for private housing. All other European countries do.

Only ENGLAND & WALES have no minimum space standards for private housing. All other European countries do.

Even Scotland does!

Housing Manual (1949)

The Parker Morris report (1961)

Lifetime Homes standards (1991)

The Housing Corporation (1993)

The smallest average room size

The smallest average room size The smallest newly-built dwellings in Europe.

The smallest average room size The smallest newly-built dwellings in Europe.

Becoming more condensed, with more rooms in the same space.

The smallest average room size The smallest newly-built dwellings in Europe.

Becoming more condensed, with more rooms in the same space.

Old houses roomy enough to adapt to lifestyles

Britain, unlike the USA or most of Europe, uses the number of bedrooms, to define the size of a home. But…

Britain, unlike the USA or most of Europe, uses the number of bedrooms, to define the size of a home. But…

more bedrooms does not mean roomier!

WHAT ABOUT BIRMINGHAM?

Places For Living (2001)

Places For Living (2001) Few numerical standards:

Bedroom sizes in family accommodation: 12.6 sq.m - first double bedroom 10.26 sq.m - second double bedroom 6.56 sq.m - single bedrooms Outdoor space sizes 70 sq.m minimum garden size for family accommodation 52 sq.m for 2 bed houses 42 sq.m for 1 bed houses 30 sq.m per unit for flats and other developments providing

communal amenity space.

WHAT DO WE EXPECT?

SPACE ARRANGEMENT

DESIGN VARIETY

HOUSING TYPOLOGY/METHODOLOGY

SPACE MANAGEMENT

PEOPLE

LITERATURE for further readings: Birmingham City Council, 2001, Supplementary Planning Guidance: Places for Living, Birmingham HATC, 2006, Housing Space Standards, Greater London Authority, London Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 1991, Life Time Homes Standards found at http://www.lifetimehomes.org.uk Neufert, E., 2000, Architects' data, Blackwell Science, Oxford Parker Morris Report, 1961, Homes for today & tomorrow, H.M.S.O., London