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Housing, Development and Design – why are these crucial to wellbeing in London’s communities??
Angela Brady President Royal Institute of ArchitectsTwitter @AngelaBradyRIBAwww.architecture.com
Woodberry Down, London by Berkeley Group and London Borough of Hackney
“One of the great, but often unmentioned, causes of both happiness and misery is the quality of our environment: the kind of walls, chairs, buildings and streets we’re surrounded by”
Alain de Botton, The Architecture of Happiness
RIBA’s housing research
Building the Homes and Communities Britain Needs
Inquiry by The Future Homes Commission
The Way We Live Now
Social research and films by RIBA and Ipsos MORI
The Case for Space
Data on the size of new English homes by RIBA
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hereLiving space requirements vary by life-stage
Households with children
• Safe, unsupervised play areas
• Homework area
• Able to supervise children from the kitchen
• Able to use the kitchen for family meals
• Separate work space for parents – closed off from children
• Some private space for retreat
Older residents
• Adaptations to reflect changing health requirements
Households without children
• Space to work at home
• Private areas for older adult children to stay or entertain friends
Universal needs
• Flexible entertaining and private space
• Space to entertain friends and socialise
The Way We Live Now
Why is flexibility important?
What is the most important thing your home needs?
“Character! It has to be somewhere I look forward to returning home to!... New build housing is all too generic and not relative to its location.”Future Homes Commission: Building the Homes and Communities Britain Needs
The way we live now
Is quality affordable?From homes of the past to homes of the future…
Derwenthorpe, York, Joseph Rowntree Housing Foundation
www.behomewise.co.uk
twitter.com/behomewise
Support our campaign: write to your MP
The Way We Live Now
The Way We Live Now
St Catherine’s Community Foyer: Dublin City Council Cara HA Ireland
St Catherine’s Community Foyer: Dublin City Council Cara HA Ireland
Laycock St Islington 75 homes : 25% HA + Doctors surgeryThe Murphy Group/Brady Mallalieu Archs
Client: “Together UK working for Wellbeing”BMA/Croydon
Client: “Together UK working for Wellbeing”BMA/Croydon
Phoenix Heights Mastmaker Rd Ballymore Properties
Phoenix Heights Plan
Phoenix Heights Plan
Danish Eco Co housing
Peabody/BMA: Underwood Road 33 homes
Peabody: Private and shared back gardens
Peabody: balconies with a view
Politics shapes architecture …. So what kind of a future are we making now?We need to work together and lobby Government……………for a better built environment to create the right kind of housing and communities for our future generations#Homewise www.wothoutspaceandlight www.architecture.com Twitter @RIBA @AngelaBradyRIBA