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Building for Life 12

Stefan KruczkowskiLecturer in Urban Design

Co-author Building for Life 12/Built for Life™

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Built for Life™

Stefan KruczkowskiLecturer in Urban Design

Co-author Building for Life 12/Built for Life™

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Tasteless tat?

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Or the sign of a place that someone’s proud to live in?

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A story of dogs

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A story of dogs

and ducks

All ducks throughout this presentations sourced from http://andyswordsandpictures.wordpress.com/2012/05/13/getting-all-of-your-ducks-in-line/

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What is it?Why do we need it?How to achieve it

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How can we get there?

What is it?Why do we need it?How to achieve it

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Re-written in 2011-12

Some changes:No pick and mixStreet focus Duplication Repositioning

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12 greens are not always possible!

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Credit: Rob Cowan

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Exploring contextual influences

Silver Street, Whitwick, Leicestershire

Source: Google Maps

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Source: Google Maps

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Source: Google Maps

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How does this development ignore its context?(BfL 5 and 6)

Source: Google Maps

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Building/street relationship*/spatial enclosure*Building form/mass* (H/W/D) and proportions (note windows)Plot width and depth*Roof pitchMaterials – colour, form, texture, shapeVertical emphasis Detailing (note porches, headers and cills)

*urban grain

Source: Google Maps

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Source: Davidsons Homes

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Source: Davidsons Homes

Based on standard house types

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So, listen, look, smell, observe…

http://www.yourthoughtpartner.com/Portals/83405/images/Listening-Ear.jpeg

http://spacemancentral.com/2013/02/26/border-crack-and-deek-aboot-to-make-a-return-from-the-north-east/

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So, listen, look, smell, observe…

http://www.yourthoughtpartner.com/Portals/83405/images/Listening-Ear.jpeg

http://spacemancentral.com/2013/02/26/border-crack-and-deek-aboot-to-make-a-return-from-the-north-east/

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So, listen, look, smell, observe…

http://www.yourthoughtpartner.com/Portals/83405/images/Listening-Ear.jpeg

http://spacemancentral.com/2013/02/26/border-crack-and-deek-aboot-to-make-a-return-from-the-north-east/

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Research shows…

BfL aligned policies and working practices

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Raising consumer awareness

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“Ah, but Inspector’s won’t support design refusals”

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“Ah, but Inspector’s won’t support design refusals”

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“This government recognises that how much we build is as important as what we build”

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Alignment

“Our vision is for successful places with homes and jobs. Good design is an important part of making places successful”

External space, safety and security BfL12 street focused

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Alignment

“Our vision is for successful places with homes and jobs. Good design is an important part of making places successful”

External space, safety and security BfL12 street focused

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“Ah, but the house builders haven’t bought into it”

https://www.seroundtable.com/google-seo-blame-game-13592.html

http://lucaspadecaineve.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/pointing-finger.html

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Alignment

“BfL… that’s where the focus is…we’ve adopted it…we use it everywhere with our new developments”

Mark Clare, CEOBarratt Plc.

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Alignment

“BfL… that’s where the focus is…we’ve adopted it…we use it everywhere with our new developments”

Mark Clare, CEOBarratt Plc.

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Local authorities

Cabinet resolution/political-Chief Officer supportLocal policies Structure pre-appEarly engagement Support decisionsMonitoring and Review

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Local authorities

Cabinet resolution/political-Chief Officer supportLocal policies Structure pre-appEarly engagement Support decisionsMonitoring and Review

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Why do we need it?

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2010

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http://wordofgodmission.com/?p=704

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http://wordofgodmission.com/?p=704

Simple things, done well

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18 February 2015 51BfL10: car parking

Nottingham Community Housing Association

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BfL5: CharacterBfL6: Working with site and context

Nottingham Community Housing Association

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BfL11: Public and private space

Waterloo Housing Association

David Wilson Homes

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BfL5: CharacterBfL6: Working with site and context

St. Modwen with Waterloo Housing Association

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BfL5: CharacterBfL10: Car parkingBfL11: Public and private space

East Midlands Housing Association

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BfL1-3: Connections, Facilities and Services, Public Transport

Barratt and David Wilson Homes

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BfL5: CharacterBfL6: Working with site and context

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RSLs and ducks

Do we buy land with an eye to BfL?Cost/coverage

Do our in house or external designers understand BfL – do they have the skills?

Do we use it to brief design teams?

Do we know our baseline?

What’s our trajectory?

Can we learn from other RSLs?

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So, to get the dog…

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… don’t forget the ducks