birmingham house launch presentation
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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